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Breakthrough in finding dengue vaccine
Medicine - Health

Breakthrough in finding dengue vaccine

Singaporean scientists have discovered a new way to prevent the possibility of dengue virus from evading the immune system on the human body.

December 14, 2018
Strange disease: She has giant cheeks
Medicine - Health

Strange disease: She has giant cheeks

Girl Katie Renfroe, 4, has a rare congenital hypertrophy syndrome, causing some of her facial parts to be unusually large.

December 14, 2018
Check 3,500 genetic errors of children before birth
Medicine - Health

Check 3,500 genetic errors of children before birth

With current methods, doctors can only detect a number of gene defects on a large scale including Down syndrome, cystic disease and muscular dystrophy. These genetic err…

December 14, 2018
Scientists are shocked because genes live longer
Medicine - Health

Scientists are shocked because genes live longer

According to Medicaldaily.ru, the scientists analyzed the DNA of a long-life woman, who died at the age of 115. The study found that she had special genes in her body to…

December 14, 2018
Newborn baby girls have two heads
Medicine - Health

Newborn baby girls have two heads

Maternity in Soc Trang gave birth to a two-headed girl. When an ultrasound is detected, two fetal hearts are detected, so the family thinks that they are twins. Informat…

December 14, 2018
The strange pig has two snouts
Medicine - Health

The strange pig has two snouts

Due to a genetic mutation, a piglet is born with two snouts. However, this anomalous characteristics only create disadvantages for piglets when eating with the herd.

December 14, 2018
Why do healthy people still have cancer?
Cancer

Why do healthy people still have cancer?

According to Nature, the latest study from Kimmel Johns Hopkins Cancer Center, lifestyles and genetic diseases does not contribute much to the risk of cancer.

December 14, 2018
Smoke is more toxic than cigarette smoke
Cancer

Smoke is more toxic than cigarette smoke

A new study shows that incense smoke is more toxic than cigarette smoke because it contains ingredients that can mutate genes, leading to cancer.

December 14, 2018