Genetics

Welcome to the 44th part of the multi-part series on applications of CRISPR in gene editing and beyond. CRISPR-Cas9 tool can also act as antiviral therapy in treating viral infections like: Human Immunodeficiency Virus or HIV HIV belongs to the retrovirus family of viruses and stores its genetic information using single-stranded RNA. The outer shell…

Identical people can be entirely unrelated Call it vain, but we give a great deal of attention and care to the way that we look. The way individuals look is an integral aspect of their identity and tells us a great many things about them. Our appearance, our physical traits…

The disambiguation of sex, gender (identity), and orientation is controversial. Most people likely see the utility of separating sex and sexual orientation — sex being whether one is male or female while orientation is whether one is sexually or romantically attracted to males or females. It is in divorcing sex…

Every day, your clock is ticking. But, What if you can reverse your age……..? “ WHAT ! “ Yes, I heard the voice of your mind. Old mice of Boston Labs have regained their eyesight, developed smarter, younger brains, and built healthier muscles and kidney tissue. …

The counteragrument Those who are against researching the genetics of autism (and sometimes any and all autism research for that matter) tend to have three main concerns when it comes to this kind of research. The first is that more precisely discovering the causal mechanisms behind the condition will lead to a…