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ADVANCE IN GENE EDITING REVERSES DISEASE IN MICE
A step forward in the gene-editing technique known as CRISPR Cas9 suggests some diseases like diabetes and muscular dystrophy may be reversible, according... READ MORE›
PHILIPPINES LAUNCHES PROBE INTO DENGUE VACCINE SCARE
Sanofi's Dengvaxia is the first-ever approved dengue vaccine... READ MORE›
PARTLY SYNTHETIC BACTERIA CONTAIN NEVER-SEEN-BEFORE GENETIC 'LETTERS'
The next challenge Normal DNA contains the coding for cells to form proteins that do the work of life... READ MORE›
ENGLAND HIT BY 50-YEAR SPIKE IN BACTERIAL INFECTION
A new study says England is seeing a dramatic increase in cases of scarlet fever, an infectious disease that mostly affects children... READ MORE›
WORLD'S SMALLEST TAPE RECORDER MADE FROM GENETICALLY MODIFIED GUT BACTERIA
Researchers from the Columbia University Medical Centre have successfully converted a naturally occurring gut bacteria found in humans into the world's smallest data recorder... READ MORE›
U.S. MAN UNDERGOES FIRST GENE EDITING THERAPY IN THE BODY TO CURE RARE DISEASE
If it is successful, it could give a major boost to the fledgling field of gene therapy... READ MORE›
FIRST ATTEMPT MADE TO ALTER GENES IN BODY
There also are gene therapies that don't involve editing DNA... READ MORE›
RECOGNISING THAT MIND AND BODY ARE NOT SEPARATE OPENS DOOR FOR NEW TREATMENTS
It's all challenging the idea that the brain is this separate privileged organ, said Howes... READ MORE›
BREAKTHROUGHS BRING GENE EDITING THERAPIES INTO VIEW
Another gene editing tool already in wide use, the CRISPR-cas9, cuts the DNA strand, typically to insert or delete a DNA base pair... READ MORE›
BRITISH BIRDS EVOLVE BIGGER BEAKS TO USE GARDEN FEEDERS
Researchers say UK's enthusiasm for bird feeders compared with mainland Europe responsible for increase in beak length... READ MORE›
LIFE ISNT ALL ROSY IN THE INNER CITIES, SADLY
Colds are sometimes a reaction to stress, which makes the immune system susceptible to the virus... READ MORE›
GENOME EDITING REVEALS KEY GENE FOR HUMAN EMBRYO GROWTH
The study found that human embryos need OCT4 to correctly form a blastocyst... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : Ian Jones
'PATIENTS ARE BETTER OFF BECAUSE OF THE WORK HE HAS DONE'
Dr. Mark Wainberg, a Montreal-based trailblazer in HIV AIDS research and an internationally renowned scientist, died Tuesday after swimming in rough water in Bal Harbour, Fla... READ MORE›
AUSTRALIAN WORLD FIRST AS MALARIA VACCINE PASSES HUMAN TRIAL
In a world first a new malaria vaccine developed by Australian scientists has passed its first test in early human trials... READ MORE›
MENINGITIS B VACCINE OFFERED TO ALL BABIES FROM SEPTEMBER
All newborn babies in England and Scotland are to be offered a vaccine to combat meningitis B from September... READ MORE›
MATTER AGRICULTURE LINKED TO DNA CHANGES IN ANCIENT EUROPE
Dr. Reich and his colleagues confirmed that LCT, a gene that aids milk digestion, did experience intense natural selection, rapidly becoming more common in ancient Europeans... READ MORE›
NORTH KOREA CLAIMS IT HAS DISCOVERED CURE FOR AIDS, EBOLA, MERS AND SARS
The North's claim comes as rival South Korea fights an outbreak of Mers that has killed two dozen people and infected more than 160 since last month... READ MORE›
AIR POLLUTION LEADS TO MORE DRUG RESISTANT BACTERIA, STUDY FINDS
Our research could initiate an entirely new understanding of how air pollution affects human health... READ MORE›
WINNIPEG LAB EMPLOYEE POSSIBLY EXPOSED TO EBOLA VIRUS
An employee at the National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease in Winnipeg has potentially been exposed to the Ebola virus... READ MORE›
DOG FAMILY TREE REVEALS HOW MODERN BREEDS CAME TO BE
First, researchers aimed to understand how the numerous and diverse dog breeds relate to each other... READ MORE›
CHILD TREATED FOR HIV AT BIRTH IS HEALTHY NINE YEARS ON WITHOUT FURTHER TREATMENT
Child treated for HIV at birth is healthy nine years on without further treatment... READ MORE›
HIV SPREADS LIKE COMPUTER WORMS, SAY SCIENTISTS
New model equates spread of worm across local networks and internet with progress of Aids virus through the body, suggesting early treatment is vital... READ MORE›
DOCTORS RUDELY WARN PUBLIC NOT TO SNUGGLE KITTENS
Cat-scratch fever is caused by a bacteria found in fleas... READ MORE›
GENETIC EDITING COULD ROB WORLD OF CREATIVE GENIUSES LIKE THOMAS EDISON OR TENNESSEE WILLIAMSA
Statistics have shown that writers are 10 times more like to be bipolar than the general population and poets 40 times... READ MORE›
NEW EPIDEMIC STRAIN OF HIV IN CUBA IS TWICE AS AGGRESSIVE AS AVERAGE VIRUS
All the patients infected with the new strain of the virus progressed to Aids within three years... READ MORE›
HIV VACCINE TEST HOPES FOR BREAKTHROUGH IN COMBAT AGAINST THE VIRUS
But researchers chasing the holy grail of a vaccine think they could have better success in South Africa, because of a number of modifications... READ MORE›
BRAZIL EBOLA CASE TESTS NEGATIVE
Souleymane Bah went to a public health centre in the town of Cascavel in the southern state of Parana after suffering a fever... READ MORE›
PNEUMONIA: ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE LUNG CONDITION
Pneumonia is an inflammation of the tissue in one or both lungs, usually caused by a bacterial infection... READ MORE›
PAULINE CAFFERKEY THE BRITISH NURSE WHO CONTRACTED EBOLA WHILE VOLUNTEERING IN SIERRA LEONE HAS LEFT HOSPITAL AFTER MAKING A COMPLETE RECOVERY
Miss Cafferkey said she was happy to be alive and thanked staff at the Royal Free Hospital in London who she said had saved her life... READ MORE›
WHO DECLARES END OF ZIKA EMERGENCY BUT SAYS VIRUS REMAINS A THREAT
Officials on WHO's Emergency Committee made clear the Zika still constitutes a global public health threat... READ MORE›
NORTH KOREA CLAIMS 'CURE' FOR MERS, AIDS AND EBOLA
According to the pro-North Korea website Minjok Tongshin, the drug was originally produced in 1996... READ MORE›
RE-EMERGENCE OF EBOLA IN LIBERIA REMAINS A MYSTERY
The six new infections in Liberia since June 21 include two deaths... READ MORE›
U.S. FDA KNEW DEVICES SPREAD FATAL 'SUPERBUG' BUT DOES NOT ORDER FIX
Last month, Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle said a bacteria spread through contaminated scopes had infected 32 people over two years 11 died... READ MORE›
SCIENTISTS LOOK IN THE TOILET IN SEARCH FOR NEW CANCER TREATMENT
Her firm has invested in Enterome and four other companies working on cancer microbiome projects... READ MORE›
EBOLA EPIDEMIC FUELLED BY 'SUPER-SPREADERS': STUDY
Most of the people who were infected with Ebola in the 2014 West Africa epidemic contracted the viral disease through super-spreaders, researchers say... READ MORE›
A CANCER BREAKTHROUGH NEAR FDA APPROVAL HAS A COSTLY SIDE EFFECT
Novartis's therapy commandeers the body's immune system to destroy the cells where the blood cancer begins... READ MORE›
AUSSIE DIAGNOSED WITH ZIKA AFTER BALI MONKEY BITE, EXPERTS WARN OF MISSED CASES
They had stumbled on a 27-year local man who contracted the disease despite having never travelled outside of Indonesia... READ MORE›
U.S. TO ISSUE NEW EBOLA CARE GUIDELINES, WATCH LISTS TO SHRINK
There are still 75 health workers in Dallas who have isolated themselves and are being monitored... READ MORE›
SCIENTISTS SNIFF OUT ANSWER TO 'ASPARAGUS PEE' MYSTERY
Scientists have sniffed out the reason why some people think their pee has a pungent smell after eating asparagus while others do not... READ MORE›
EBOLA NURSE PAULINE CAFFERKEY NEARLY DIED FROM MENINGITIS, DOCTORS SAY
The latent Ebola virus has not previously been known to trigger a life-threatening illness so long after the original infection... READ MORE›
11/28 MEASLES OUTBREAK SPREADS ACROSS EUROPE AS PARENTS SHUN VACCINATIONS, WHO WARNS
Dr Amanda Hess rushed to the rescue of Leah Johnson in Frankfort Regional Medical Center, Kentucky, when her own doctor was on a break... READ MORE›
NEW CLUES INTO EBOLA AS ILL NURSE IMPROVES
We've never quite been sure if it was related to the Ebola virus or other illnesses, said John M... READ MORE›