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Child dies after experimental genome editing in China | PET
4+ hour, 11+ min ago (364+ words) A six-year-old girl has died following an experimental genome editing treatment, prompting an investigation into the clinical trial by the university involved. The trial was led by neuroscientist Dr Zilong Qiu, and is the first known use of a genome…...
Cloning Has Advanced from Dolly to Medical Research and Gene Editing
4+ hour, 35+ min ago (182+ words) From frogs and sheep to monkeys and endangered species, each milestone has raised new scientific possibilities—and difficult questions about what should come next. Cloning is the process of creating an exact copy of an object using genetic material. The…...
Scientists Identify Seven Previously Unknown Frog Species in Madagascar
5+ hour, 6+ min ago (416+ words) An international team of scientists has described seven new species of diamond frogs from Madagascar, revealing that the island’s secretive genus Rhombophryne contains far more evolutionary diversity than previously recognised....
Habitat Advantage Helps Less-Fit Species Outcompete Rivals
12+ hour, 48+ min ago (517+ words) A new mathematical study of competing populations suggests that winning the evolutionary race is not determined by reproductive fitness alone. When populations expand across space, their success can also depend on how quickly they advance and where their ancestors happen…...
Normal DNA Re-Replication Observed as Human Stem Cells Differentiate
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (534+ words) A process long associated with genomic instability may have a carefully controlled role in human development, according to a study published in Cell Death Discovery....
Blocking Xenophagocytosis May Enable Interspecies Organ Generation
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (464+ words) Researchers at the Institute of Science Tokyo and Stanford University have identified a previously unrecognized immune mechanism that rapidly eliminates donor cells during interspecies organ generation. The process, named “xenophagocytosis,” occurs when embryonic macrophages engulf living cells from another species…...
Scientists discover how plants sense when they’ve had enough nutrients
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (467+ words) New York University researchers have identified a molecular switch that tells plants when they have absorbed enough nitrogen, a discovery that could eventually help crops use fertilizer more efficiently and reduce one of agriculture’s most damaging environmental footprints....
Expert Explains | Scientists can now miniaturise proteins with AI. Here’s what that unlocks
3+ day, 12+ hour ago (618+ words) Why would anyone want a smaller protein? Proteins are already minuscule, typically a few nanometres across. Shrinking them sounds like a strange goal until you consider that, much as with a compact car in a crowded city, a smaller version…...
China Medical University Investigates Gene-Editing Trial Death
3+ day, 14+ hour ago (545+ words) Beijing. A top Chinese medical university is investigating the death of a young woman in an experimental gene-editing trial conducted by a leading expert at its affiliated hospital, raising serious concerns about ethics in China's burgeoning biomedical industry. Shanghai Jiao…...
Death in Chinese gene-editing trial exposes ethical fault lines | BioWorld
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (22+ words) Death in Chinese gene-editing trial exposes ethical fault lines BioWorld News Death in Chinese gene-editing trial exposes ethical fault lines...