After the big scandal of the CRISPR babies at the end of 2018, some might have…
Category: Genetics news
25 genes to make humans long lived primates
Recent research by a collaborative research network including researchers in Spain and the UK has found…
Intelligence: a mishmash of genetic ingredients
Like father like son. We have all heard it one time or another. The layman explanation…
A pinch of salt for CRISPR research
Unless you’ve been sitting in a cave for the last couple of years, you have probably…
Long lived dieting monkeys
Dieting is a commonly used term in our society (especially if you’re a woman), even when…
An out of phase clock’s relationship to aging
Everytime we travel across the Atlantic we realise the existence of our internal clock, mainly because…
What worms can teach us from aging. An interview with Olivia Casanueva
Olivia Casanueva is a successful woman in science. Not long ago she got an ERC Grant…
Leftie or rightie? Do not look to your brain for answers
What determines being left or right handed? As a scientific question might seem irrelevant, but actually…
Expresso or Americano? Look up your genome
Since we were kids (unless under the spell of a creationist education), we have been told…
Brown or blue?
Today’s post started as many do. As a discussion over coffee. These things DO happen. At…