A new method renders the gene editing tool CRISPR-Cas9 ‘immunosilent,’ potentially allowing the editing and repair of genes to be…
How Gay Are You?
A new film explores the many shades of human sexuality.
How Gay Are You?
A new film explores the many shades of human sexuality.
Is Sex by Deception a Form of Rape?
Laws are seeking to elucidate the problem of “rape by fraud.”
Researchers find high-risk genes for schizophrenia
Using a unique computational ‘framework’ they developed, a team of scientist cyber-sleuths has identified 104 high-risk genes for schizophrenia.
Overlooked molecular machine in cell nucleus may hold key to treating aggressive leukemia
Many people fighting a very aggressive form of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) don’t survive more than five years. These very…
Metformin may help patients maintain weight loss long-term
In the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) clinical trial and its long-term follow-up study, among the persons who lost at least…
With abdominal etching, plastic surgeons help patients get ‘six-pack abs’
Even with a good diet and workout routine, some men and women have trouble getting the toned abdominal appearance they…
No increase in complications with ‘tummy tuck’ in obese patients
‘Tummy tuck’ surgery (abdominoplasty) can be safely performed in obese patients, with no increase in complications compared to non-obese patients,…
Protecting damaged hearts with microRNAs
Once the heart is formed, its muscle cells have very limited ability to regenerate. After a heart attack, these cells…