genetics
Harnessing the survival powers of cancer cells could wipe out heart disease
Posted in Medicine on 30th Jul, 2015
by Alex Muller
Genes that cancers use to proliferate could be repurposed. Researchers believe this could lead to a new treatment for people with heart disease.
Google-Backed Calico Partners With Ancestry to Beat the Specter of Aging
Posted in Business on 27th Jul, 2015
by Alex Muller
Calico will look for genetic patterns in people who have lived exceptionally long lives, then make drugs to help more of us do that.
Brain Imaging Shows How Children Inherit Their Parents' Anxiety
Posted in Science on 8th Jul, 2015
by Alex Muller
A prefrontal-limbic-midbrain circuit is responsible for the genetic transfer of an anxious temperament.
Evolutionary adaptations in organisms can be reversed, but rarely
Posted in Science on 7th Jul, 2015
by Alex Muller
Scientists have showed that some species of insects have gained, lost and regained wings over millions of years.
Rates of bioloical ageing vary widely, says study
Posted in Medicine on 7th Jul, 2015
by Alex Muller
A study of people born within a year of each other has uncovered a huge gulf in the speed at which their bodies age.