Tayla Clement, 26, has never been able to crack a smile because of a rare genetic disorder she was born with that prevents some of her facial muscles from moving. She now describes her condition as something she is grateful for. Moebius syndrome is a neurological disease that affects one person out of every 50,000 […]
The genetic sequence of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, was submitted to a National Institutes of Health database two weeks before its release by the Chinese regime, according to documents that were shared with U.S. lawmakers and released Wednesday. The sequence doesn’t indicate the origin of the coronavirus but undermines the Chinese communist regime’s […]
Genetic testing company 23andMe said on Friday that it had launched an investigation into a possible data breach after the personal data of millions of users was put up for sale on the dark web. A hacker advertised the personal information of seven million users on an online forum, which includes the users’ origin estimation, […]
Montreal-based couple Edith Lemay and Sebastien Pelletier and their four children have embarked on a year-long journey around the world. Three of their four children suffer from a rare genetic disorder that could leave them blind in the future.
In this episode of Eat Better, we are going to look at five common foods that can help to control your appetite. They’ll keep you on a natural path toward health and wellness. Being overweight or obese is the result of a complex set of interactions among genetic, behavioral, and environmental factors. As part of […]
Despite an 11th-hour legal ruling by a European court, the government says it will press ahead with its plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda. The decision to ground the flight Tuesday night sparked uproar from Tory MPs and calls to withdraw from the court. MPs debate the government’s bill to allow altering the genes of plants and animals. The EU has announced […]
Researchers said in a newly published preliminary study that one of Omicron’s dozens of mutations likely arose when the variant picked up a bit of genetic material from another virus, possibly one that causes the common cold, potentially making the new strain more transmissible yet milder in impact. The study, which has not yet been […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that Russian scientists were close to breaking the genetic code and could make “super soldiers,” which “might be worse than a nuclear bomb.” Speaking at a youth festival in the Black Sea city of Sochi, the Russian leader warned that scientists could create an army of genetically engineered soldiers that […]
Should we edit human DNA? This is one of the most controversial questions of our time, and an intense and sometimes acrimonious debate has raged over it. According to the National Public Radio (NPR), however, one maverick Swedish scientist has jumped ahead of the pack. Developmental biologist Fredrik Lanner of the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm has […]
The man who has volunteered to be the world’s first head transplant has met with Dr. Sergio Canavero, the neurosurgeon who wants to carry out the dangerous operation. Valery Spiridonov is a computer scientist and has a rare and fatal genetic muscle disease called Werdnig-Hoffmann disease. He met with Dr. Canavero to learn more about the […]
