Medicine - Health
Smallpox virus can kill cancer cells
Smallpox virus after genetically modified has the ability to attack, kill cancer cells and shrink cancerous tumors but is still completely harmless to healthy cells.
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Medicine - Health
Detecting sex reduces genetic changes
Biological textbooks have always said that the main function of sex is to promote genetic diversity. However, Henry Heng does not agree with this view.
Medicine - Health
Can transgenic mosquitoes become the
Initial success from experiments on genetically modified mosquitoes has set expectations to turn them into drugs that treat the most common disease in Asia and Latin Ame…
Medicine - Health
Malaysia has dispersed 6,000 genetically modified mosquitoes
Malaysia has just finished releasing and testing 6,000 genetically modified mosquitoes in a so-called effort
Medicine - Health
Creating mosquitoes that cannot transmit disease
Creating mosquitoes that cannot transmit disease is the way scientists kill dangerous infectious species but leave no consequences for ecological imbalance.
Medicine - Health
Malaysia uses genetically modified mosquitoes to treat dengue fever
Malaysia will release genetically modified male mosquitoes into the environment to produce mosquitoes with short lifespans, in order to reduce
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Russia claims genetically modified food is toxic
In a recent independent study, Russian scientists found that animals that eat genetically modified soybeans lose fertility.
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Extract of Omega-3 fatty acids from transgenic soybeans
Health experts in Canada are considering using genetically modified soybeans to produce Omega-3 fatty acids.
Medicine - Health
Genetically modified mosquitoes may be anti-malarial allies
Enemies of our enemies can become allies in fighting a global health crisis.
Cancer
Polio virus offers hope for curing brain cancer
Initial test results in the United States showed that 21% of 61 brain tumor patients survived after three years by injecting polio virus.
Cancer
Use genetically algae to treat cancer
Scientists have successfully created a genetically engineered algae that can kill 90% of cancer cells without harming other healthy cells.
Cancer
Cure skin cancer with genetically modified viruses
A recent study published by British scientists suggested that the virus that causes herpes after genetically altered its ability to treat skin cancer. This therapy incre…
Food safety
How to distinguish regular tomatoes and genetically modified tomatoes
Adding a couple of tomatoes, you will find that regular tomatoes are not as red as the transgenic tomatoes.
Food safety
How to identify GMO genetically modified foods
Health experts recommend housewives should buy non-GMO foods to protect themselves and their families. So what is GMO food?
Food safety
Never buy fruits whose code starts with 8
If you come across a fruit with a sticker with five digits and starts with a 8, that means it's a GMO product.