A powerful gene-editing tool called Crispr-Cas9, which this month nabbed the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for two female scientists, can cause serious side effects in the cells of human embryos, prompting them to discard large chunks of their genetic material, a new study has found. Administered to cells to repair a mutation that can cause… Read More: Crispr Gene Editing Can Cause Unwanted Changes in Human Embryos,… »
Jacqueline Dunlap places whole blood samples into a centrifuge to separate plasma for antibody testing at the Bloodworks Northwest Laboratory during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Renton, Washington, September 9, 2020. Lindsey Wasson | Reuters Fewer than 1 in 10 Americans showed signs of a prior coronavirus infection as of late July, suggesting that… Read More: Fewer than 10% of Americans show signs of past coronavirus… »
A healthcare worker collects swab samples from a woman at a testing site for COVID-19 in Mumbai, … [+] India on September 08, 2020. India is the second worst-hit nation by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic after the United States. (Photo by Himanshu Bhatt/NurPhoto via Getty Images) NurPhoto via Getty Images While the U.S. Food and… Read More: No Major Benefits Of Plasma Therapy For Covid-19, New Study… »
We don’t need to tell you that exercise (no matter the duration or intensity) comes with a plethora of health benefits—but as this latest study also suggests, it can, in fact, work to improve brain function. As covered on Science Daily, Neuroscientists at OHSU in Portland, Oregon, have discovered that a short burst of exercise… Read More: Short Bouts Of Exercise Can Make You Smarter, Study Finds »