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Scientists developed an anti viral therapy that mimics the infection fighting properties of a rare genetic mutation in people.
Genetics

Scientists Create Ultimate Antiviral Using Rare “Superpower” Genetic Mutation

By Sharon Adarlo

Researchers have found that mutations of the gene SMIM1 have a significant link to obesity and extra weight gain.
DNA

Scientists Discover Gene That Causes You to Gain More Weight From the Same Food

By Sharon Adarlo

A study suggests that your mother's diet during pregnancy is a big factor in how your facial features are shaped.
Studies

Pregnant Women’s Diet Affects Facial Features of Their Children, Scientists Find

By Sharon Adarlo

Gene-edited pigs, which are immune to a porcine disease and meant for meat consumption, are nearing federal approval.
Science & Energy

Company Seeking Approval to Sell Meat From Gene-Hacked Pigs

By Sharon Adarlo

For decades, most people have believed that genes are the blueprint for life — but that perception, a pair of experts argue, falls short.
DNA

Genes Aren’t Actually the Blueprint of Life, Experts Say

By Noor Al-Sibai

An 11-year-old boy with congenital deafness can now hear sounds after he received groundbreaking gene therapy.
Viruses

Gene Therapy Administered Via Virus Cures Deafness in 11-Year-Old Boy

By Sharon Adarlo

A team of scientists in the Netherlands managed to successfully insert human muscle genes into a bit of baker's yeast for the first time.
Gene Editing

Mad Scientists Create Human Bread Yeast in a Lab

By Victor Tangermann

Experts Call for Temporary World Ban on Gene-Hacked Children
Gene Editing

Experts Call for Temporary World Ban on Gene-Hacked Children

By Victor Tangermann

A CRISPR Future: Five Ways Gene Editing Will Transform Our World
Gene Editing

A CRISPR Future: Five Ways Gene Editing Will Transform Our World

By Victor Tangermann

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Biology

Overlooked DNA Leads Researchers to The “Big Bang” of Immune Cell Development

By Karla Lant

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Health & Medicine

Sexual Reproduction and Natural Selection Work Together to Protect the Gene Pool

By Tom Ward

A Single Gene Could Help Us Bring an End to Chronic Pain
Biology

A Single Gene Could Help Us Bring an End to Chronic Pain

By Abby Norman

Gene Editing Could Make You Smarter
Gene Editing

Gene Editing Could Make You Smarter

By Neil C. Bhavsar

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Science & Energy

Genetic Idiocracy? Genes Associated With High Education Are Becoming Rarer

By Dom Galeon

The Genetic Roots of Disease: Landmark Map Reveals the Genetic Wiring of Cellular Life
Science & Energy

The Genetic Roots of Disease: Landmark Map Reveals the Genetic Wiring of Cellular Life

By Dom Galeon

Biologists Assert They Identified the Gene Responsible For Governing Sleep
Science & Energy

Biologists Assert They Identified the Gene Responsible For Governing Sleep

By Jelor Gallego