Health
Detecting a second gene mutation linked to resistance to HIV
American patient Timothy Brown became the first person to be cured of HIV infection through a donor's spinal cord transplant with a variant of the CCR5 gene.
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Animal world
Discover the world's rarest rose flower newspaper in South Africa
The ultra-pink mutant apricot newspaper rarely engulfed the conservation area giraffes at Limpopo without knowing the camera was recording it.
Biology
Why don't we see square vegetables?
Scientists have discovered genes that regulate the shape of fruits and vegetables. Can one day see them in nature?
Health
When did people start having heart attacks?
Our ancestors began to have atherosclerosis and heart attack about two or three million years ago due to mutations in the gene that malaria is used to invade the human b…
Animal world
15 interesting facts about animals are not included in textbooks
The animal world always contains surprises that you have never heard in school. The following 15 photos will show you this.
Health
5 Russian couples have agreed to use genetic modification so their children are not deaf?
Scientist Denis Rebrikov intends to correct the embryonic gene to prevent children from inheriting their parents' deafness. Denis Rebrikov said that five Russian couples…
Science Events
International publication of the Vietnamese genome sequence
The study shows that genetic independence reflects the very high resistance of Vietnamese people and is far from the Han Chinese genome.
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How dangerous is radiation?
When we hear 'radiation', we often think of big explosions and scary mutations, but that's only a part.
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There are 6 useless fingers like doctors thought
It is not uncommon for children to be born with fingers or toes. This mutation is called polydactyly, the rate of 1/500 children will suffer from this abnormality.
Animal world
The horror of the truth behind the mutant glass frogs
Recently, scientists have discovered mutant glass frogs in Russia and discovered the terrifying truth behind this mutation.
Scientific application
The technique to create rice varieties is higher than the head, yield 30 tons / ha
For the first time, the 'respiratory mutation' method has been successfully implemented to allow the creation of new rice varieties that collect elite genes from many di…
Conquer Mars
How do the births on Mars lead to terrible consequences?
NASA expert warns cosmic radiation on the surface
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The reindeer is as white as the dazed snow before the lens
Photographer Mads Nordsveen recorded young reindeer images with snow-white fur on a Norwegian mountain.
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Legendary legend about people with purple eyes
Do you know the color of the eyes of people outside brown, blue and green also has ... purple or not?
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Do we evolve to drink less alcohol?
The study found the subtle changes in genes involved in ADH1B and ALDH2 alcohol metabolism enzymes, which determine the amount of alcohol.