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The ugliest animal on Earth may be humanity's best hope for living longer — here's the scienceNaked mole rats, known for their longevity and cancer resistance, possess high levels of a protective molecule called HMW-HA. Researchers s...- Scientists just found the holy grail gene that could let humans regrow their own limbs one dayScientists studying naked mole rats discovered a gene linked to high levels of high molecular weight hyaluronic acid (HMW-HA), a substance ...
- What Chernobyl’s Wolves Learned to Survive That Scientists Still Don’t Fully UnderstandWildlife thrives in Chernobyl's exclusion zone. Grey wolves there show remarkable genetic changes. These wolves have developed resistance t...
- ‘Stupid’ extinct bird dodo may walk again after 300 years thanks to scientific breakthroughColossal Biosciences is making strides in de-extinction, successfully growing pigeon germ cells, a crucial step towards resurrecting the do...
- Not a virus or bacteria, but this silent killer is spreading and climate change is helping it thriveA deadly airborne fungus called Aspergillus is spreading rapidly across the globe, with scientists warning that climate change is accelerat...
- Aspergillus: All about the fungus that could spark a pandemic like in HBO’s ‘The Last of Us’A new study forecasts that climate change will enable Aspergillus, a fungus causing the deadly disease aspergillosis, to expand its reach a...
- Are you more likely to be diagnosed with cancer if you are plus-sized? Answer is not so simple, reveals new studyNew research reveals that larger animals like elephants and giraffes have higher cancer rates compared to smaller species. However, these s...
- It’s time to embrace a new era of gene-edited foodGenetic alterations have come a long way. We arguably began doing it thousands of years ago, when we started selectively breeding crops for...
- Good news foodies! There's a gut microbiome that loves carbs!This bacterium, first discovered discovered in 1972, plays a unique role in helping to breakdown resistant starch.
- How real people are using AI right nowIt goes beyond everyday fiddling: In the last few years, companies and scholars have started to use AI to supercharge work they could never...
- Crocodiles protected against fungal infections, could help human medicine
- Drug discovery gaps can only be filled by returning to the root of medicine, says this scientistNatural products from microbes and plants are the biggest resource for drug discovery.
- Decoded: Why not all obese patients develop diabetesThe findings showed that a particular type of gut microbe leads to white adipose tissue containing macrophage cells, large cells that are p...
- Quantum Leap: Gene editing could prove to be a game-changerA Chinese scientist, He Jiankui, claimed last year that he had created the world’s first gene-edited babies using Crispr, to make them resi...
- Why cancer is rare in elephants decodedElephants have 38 additional modified copies (alleles) of a gene that encodes p53, a well-defined tumour suppressor, as compared to humans,...
- Infectious diseases may drive the world to warDiseases are spreading across the world and could become the cause of future wars.
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