Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a debilitating autoimmune condition whereby neurons lose their myelin sheath leading to…
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Healing from the skin: the first topical gene therapy is out
One of the biggest difficulties of bringing new therapeutic methods into clinical practice is targeted delivery.…
New gene variants associated with increased COVID-19 risk
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, there were hints at particular genes which increased some…
Gene editing could help reverse fast aging in progeria
Gene editing could be the solution to progeria, a genetic disease, characterised by extremely fast aging.…
Mitochondrial gene editing is now possible, thanks to a bacteria
Mitochondria are the energy-making machines in the cell. Also, since evolutionarily they are thought to evolve…
Losing genes can be a win in evolutionary terms
Loss of gene function is a common occurrence in evolution that is usually associated with loss…
Welcome to the latest human mouse chimeras
A chimera was a mythological animal in the Antique Greece, but now a biological chimera is…
A common gene variant associated with short height in peruvians
Like intelligence, height is genetically determined, however there are thousands of genes implicated in height determination.…
Look at the heart’s brain in 3D
The brain could be said to be an ubiquitous organ. So much so, that in the…
Genetic risk for Alzheimer’s also predisposes for COVID-19 infection
It seems that the genetic risk of an APOE4 variant in the APOE gene, not only…