News Source: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
| 21 days ago
Lower-than-feared sea temperatures this summer gave a break to fragile coral reefs across the Caribbean and the central Gulf of Mexico that were damaged in recent years, scientists say. Astronomers examining data from a supernova first observed in...
News Source: Sify News
| 21 days ago
Scientists are reporting a new breakthrough in the ongoing battle against a fatal brain disease called adrenoleukodystrophy using gene therapy. The brain condition is hereditary and is characterized by the slow wearing down of fatty acids, which are...
News Source: The Guardian
| 21 days ago
Nanoparticles of metal can damage the DNA inside cells even if there is no direct contact between them, scientists have found. The discovery provides an insight into how the particles might exert their influence inside the body and points to possible...
News Source: The Scotsman
| 21 days ago
DNA from a distance by affecting biological signals, scientists have shown. Their influence is not stopped by a protective wall of cells, a study revealed. The findings have both good and bad implications, experts believe. They raise questions about...
News Source: Los Angeles Times
| 21 days ago
Researchers hail the findings, which come on the tail of other gene-therapy successes. In the third gene-therapy success of recent weeks, French researchers have arrested the progression of the rare and fatal degenerative disorder...
News Source: Times Online
| 21 days ago
I met Patrick Aubourg 30 years ago and, although we did not always see eye to eye, I was certain that here was a genius who one day would find the key to the riddle of ALD. It is premature to speak of a cure, but Aubourg’s breakthrough with gene...