Gene therapy restores hearing in deaf mice, paving the way for human treatment
Mice with genetic hearing loss could sense and respond to noises after receiving working copies of their faulty genes, researchers ...
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Presenting the first brain-gene interface: thought-controlled protein production
You've heard all about controlling robotic arms or prosthesis with thoughts, but what about genes? In a deceptively simple experiment, ...
Scientists discover why some people need less sleep than others
Scientists have figured out why a small percentage of people require less than six hours of sleep, whereas the vast ...
Friends are family: study shows we share more genes with friends than strangers
Kyle Gass and Jack Black - the definition of friendship. Photo: eccentricbliss.com/ We often cherish our closest friends as if ...
The uniqueness of smell: no two people smell the same
Photo credit: psychologies.co.uk - Just like taste, it's really common for people not to agree on how pleasant or fowl ...
How a girl that doesn’t feel pain at all might help create the painkillers of tomorrow
Some people are born with the innate ability, or better said disability, of not feeling pain - whatsoever. It's not ...
Scientists grow brain-like tissue in petri dish
Most medical research looking to identify the mechanisms of a disease or test treatments rely on animal models. While very ...
Mammals Can ‘Choose’ Sex of Offspring, Study Finds
An extremely challenging study published by a team of researchers from the Stanford School of Medicine claims that through some ...
DNA could be used to visually recreate a person’s face
MRI of one of the authors (MK) is used for illustration. A, with the landmark for left zygion (ZygL) highlighted, ...
Niceness is in your genes: scientists find pro-social behavior is influenced by genetics
A study performed last year observed that identical twins, who share 100% of the same genetic material and had the ...
Scientists genetically engineer glowing dog
(c) Genesis In a recent groundbreaking research study, scientists from Seoul National University in South Korea have successfully created a ...
Is it possible to inherit happiness?
So here it is: a new study comes to show that the way we feel throughout our lives may determine ...
Are party animals born this way?
Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Tired of sitting in a corner at parties and spending most of your spare ...
