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Why people do not have fingerprints?
When a Swiss woman entered the United States, she claimed that she and 9 of her family had no fingerprints. They began to undergo genetic analysis to determine the cause…
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The boy ate no longer
Ben Green, 10, has always been supervised by his parents for hours to prevent him from eating anything in his hand ... including cat food and toothpaste.
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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.
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Strange disease: Death when playing outdoors hot
Girl Hannah Harpin, 8 years old, can't play outside during summer days like other children because the hot weather can endanger her life.
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People have no fingerprints
By analyzing the genetic code of 16 members in a 9-born Swiss family without fingerprints, researchers from Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center in Israel found mutations in…
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The mutant child shocked in England
Alfie Clamp, a 2-year-old boy who suffered a very severe form of disability that shocked even the top medical scientists in England.
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Secret decoding of 'elephants'
Scientists have solved the riddle of the cause of the terrible body deformation of people with Proteus syndrome, also known as
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Transform human skin cells into brain cells
Cancer-causing genes can also transform normal healthy cells into identical cells of human embryonic stem cells, according to a new study.
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Arbaclofen drugs and thin X chromosome syndrome
The fragile X chromosomal syndrome is the leading cause of genetic disease in people with intellectual disabilities and a mutation of a single gene and autism.
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Each person has about 60 gene mutations
When parents give birth, there are about 60 genetic mutations on average in the process of encoding new genes. This number is less than the previous estimate of scientis…
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It is difficult to explain who grows abnormal tails
People born with tails or up to 8 genera ... they are very strange but they still live as healthy as many other ordinary people.
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The gene mutation turns people into 'wolves'.
Scientists have discovered a genetic mutation causing confusion that causes some people to become
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Clinical trials of new generation AIDS vaccines
According to world scientists, a new generation of vaccines can trick the HIV virus, which could be tested clinically next year.
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Leukemia is caused by genes
Three mutant groups of genes cause acute myeloid leukemia, a form of leukemia, that has been discovered by scientists.
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What do people need to do to avoid the risk of radiation exposure?
Japan has warned people living in a 30km radius around the Fukushima nuclear power plant area to stay indoors to avoid the risk of radiation exposure.