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New Drugs Mimic Genetic Mutations To Make Humans More Super
Health It pays to study real-life X-Men Steven Pete can’t feel pain. Timothy Dreyer has bones several times thicker than the average human. Both conditions were caused by a combination of genetic...
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Found: A Gene That Prevents Elephants From Getting Cancer
Health And it could help us treat cancer better in humans Logically, elephants should get cancer much more than humans do—elephants have 100 times more cells than we do and live just about as long,...
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Newly-Found Stem Cells Can Repair Damaged Skulls
Health Knitting together bones damaged by genetic mutations or trauma A team of researchers has discovered stem cells that grow into cranial bone cells. A team of researchers has discovered stem cells...
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Rare Allergy To Vibrations Caused By Genetic Mutation
Health Not-so-good vibrations A team of researchers from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has figured out that a genetic mutation causes a rare allergy to vibrations. A team of researchers from...
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Scientists Detect Which Patients Are Resistant To Genetic Diseases
Health What genes can thwart a potent disease? In a new study, researchers discovered a handful of individuals who had a mutation but didn’t display signs of the disease. Understanding what makes them...
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The First Baby Using New ‘Three-Parent’ Procedure Has Been Born
Health This success could help the technique gain approval in the U.S. Five months ago, on April 6th of this year, a boy born to a Jordanian couple became the first baby born in the world using a new...
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Two thirds of cancer mutations result from completely random DNA mistakes
Health An increased focus on early detection will be needed to effectively treat the disease About two thirds of all cancer mutations happen not because of factors in our environments or what we...
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Yes, humans are still evolving. Here's how you can tell.
Science Even more evidence that we’re continuing to change. The reality is that we’re all—every single living thing on Earth—evolving constantly. At least to some extent. It’s just that it’s hard to...
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Great tits aren’t the only things evolving to adapt to humans. Here are 12...
Environment People are a great and terrible influence on the world. You already know about antibiotic and pesticide resistance. But there are other, sneakier ways that the rest of our planet’s...
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A bad diet really can raise your risk of cancer. Here's how.
Health These charts show how what you eat affects your cancer risk. Roughly two out of every five cancer cases in America are preventable by a modifiable risk factor, from alcohol consumption to...
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