By Emily Joshu Health Reporter for Dailymail.Com 21:42 28 June 2024, updated 21:54 28 June 2024 Just a few months ago, Khloe Garcia was running, jumping, and playing like any other toddler. Now, at age six, she now relies on a walker and thick glasses to get around and see. Her teachers think it will … Read more
Getty Images Mutations in these regions of so-called ‘junk’ DNA are increasingly linked to a range of diseases, from Crohn’s disease to cancer. Since the Human Genome Project was declared complete in 2003, scientists have been trying to pinpoint new areas among the three billion letters of our genetic code that may play a crucial … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, editor of the FT, selects her favorite stories in this weekly newsletter. Scientists have broken a new frontier in the rapidly evolving field of gene editing with the discovery of a way to program the recombination and rearrangement of DNA. The new technique promises to expand the … Read more
This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked peer-reviewed publication trusted source proofread OK! Green and gold bell frogs in artificial hotspot shelter. Credit: Anthony Waddle × close to Green and gold bell frogs in artificial hotspot shelter. Credit: Anthony Waddle Researchers from Macquarie University have used heat to develop a simple and effective … Read more
Green and gold bell frogs in artificial hotspot shelter. Credit: Anthony Waddle Researchers from Macquarie University have used heat to develop a simple and effective way to help endangered frogs survive the devastating effects of a multi-species pandemic. In collaboration with the University of Melbourne, researchers have delved into the fungal disease chytridiomycosis, which has … Read more
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 public domain Years after questions were raised about their integrity, two of the University of Minnesota’s most prominent scientific discoveries have been retracted in the space of one week: one that offered hope for the therapeutic potential of stem cells and the other that offered a promising path to treating Alzheimer’s disease. The … Read more
Years after questions were raised about their integrity, two of the University of Minnesota’s most prominent scientific discoveries have been retracted within a week: one that offered hope for the therapeutic potential of stem cells and another that offered a promising path to treating Alzheimer’s disease. The studies are more than a decade old and … Read more
Brain tumors kill more children and adults under 40 than any other form of cancer in Britain. More than 12,000 Britons every year receive the devastating news that they have this form of cancer, with only one in ten expected to survive over the next decade. But experts say just a few lifestyle changes can … Read more
A vet has issued an urgent warning to cat owners who only feed their pets dry food. Dr. Drew from Tampa, Florida, has warned about the dangers of not feeding cats wet food and how it can lead to urinary tract problems in a viral TikTok. The vet, known online as @thejunglevet, said: ‘Cats are … Read more
Scientists have discovered a link between a complication of the COVID-19 vaccine and the complication caused by a rare ‘cold blood disease’. The research, led by Flinders University and international experts, deepens our understanding of vaccine-induced immune thrombocytopenia and thrombosis (known as VITT). Following the first waves of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, governments around … Read more