Gene

Browse ScienceInfo articles and explainers related to Gene.

Topic archive

Articles about Gene

1,953 published items.

Finding a gene helps people adapt to new foods
Medicine - Health

Finding a gene helps people adapt to new foods

Scientists have recently shown that a gene that helps our ancestors adapt to new foods such as strange plants and animals when leaving Africa was 85,000 years ago.

December 15, 2018
The virus helps deaf mice hear sounds
Medicine - Health

The virus helps deaf mice hear sounds

An international team of scientists on February 6 said gene therapy using a benign virus helped deaf ears hear sounds around them.

December 15, 2018
Editing genes can lose geniuses
Medicine - Health

Editing genes can lose geniuses

It is possible that advances in genetics not only help humans eliminate diseases like cancer or schizophrenia, but also take away geniuses such as Stephen Hawking.

December 15, 2018
Why do we often lose the feeling of time?
Medicine - Health

Why do we often lose the feeling of time?

When a person becomes ill, his or her time perception is misleading. A study by biologist Seth Blackshaw of Johns Hopkins University helped find the cause of this phenom…

December 15, 2018
Eye transplants will succeed in the next decade
Medicine - Health

Eye transplants will succeed in the next decade

Scientists have reported that over the years, they have made significant progress by taking the eye of this mouse implanted in another mouse under laboratory conditions…

December 15, 2018
America develops sickle cell therapy
Medicine - Health

America develops sickle cell therapy

A group of Stanford scientists (USA) have been making great strides in studying treatment for sickle cell disease.

December 15, 2018
What Is CRISPR and How Does Gene Editing Work?
Biology

What Is CRISPR and How Does Gene Editing Work?

CRISPR is a family of gene-editing tools adapted from microbial defense systems. In a common CRISPR-Cas9 setup, a guide RNA directs a Cas protein to a matching DNA seque…

December 15, 2018