Mutated DNA Restored to Normal in Gene Therapy Advance
Researchers have corrected a disease-causing gene mutation with a single infusion carrying a treatment that precisely targeted the errant gene.This ...
Tag: Genetics and Heredity
Extreme Heat May Cause Older People to Age Faster, New Study Finds
There’s also some debate among scientists about whether epigenetic clocks are the best measure for aging, said Rachel Morello-Frosch, an ...
Why Do Women Live Longer Than Men?
Women outlive men, by something of a long shot: In the United States, women have a life expectancy of about ...
How Much does a Dog’s Breed Affect Its Health and Behavior?
In some cases, these health problems arose as byproducts of inbreeding. Because breeds are genetically closed populations, a disease-causing mutation ...
You May Be Able to Have Grapefruit Again Someday
You may be among the millions of people who have seen a surprisingly specific warning like this on the labels ...
What Matters More for Longevity: Genes or Lifestyle?
When Dr. Nir Barzilai met the 100-year-old Helen Reichert, she was smoking a cigarette. Dr. Barzilai, the director of the ...
Drug Company to Share Revenues With Indigenous People Who Donated Their Genes
When Stephane Castel first met with a group of Māori people and other Pacific Islanders in New Zealand to talk ...
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