Getty Images Nobel Prize-winning American scientist James Watson, one of the co-discoverers of the structure of DNA, has died aged 97. In one of the greatest breakthroughs of the 20th century, he identified the double-helix structure of DNA in 1953 alongside a British scientist, Francis Crick, setting the stage for rapid advances in molecular biology. … Read more
James GallagherHealth and science correspondent OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks US scientists have, for the first time, made early-stage human embryos by manipulating DNA taken from people’s skin cells and then fertilising it with sperm. The technique could overcome infertility due to old age or disease, by using almost any cell in the body as the starting … Read more
Watch the moment DNA from a mum and dad is injected into the fertilised egg of another woman – the critical step in the creation of a baby made from three people Eight babies have been born in the UK using genetic material from three people to prevent devastating and often fatal conditions, doctors say. … Read more
Watch the moment DNA from a mum and dad is injected into the egg of another woman – the critical step in the creation of a baby made from three people Eight babies have been born in the UK using genetic material from three people to prevent devastating and often fatal conditions, doctors say. The … Read more
Every newborn baby in England will have their DNA mapped to assess their risk of hundreds of diseases, under NHS plans for the next 10 years. The scheme, first reported by the Daily Telegraph, is part of a government drive towards predicting and preventing illness, which will also see £650m invested in DNA research for … Read more
Family handout Susan was no more than puzzled when she saw the first results from her home DNA testing kit. Now a woman in her mid 70s, she had never known much about her grandfather, and paid for the private test to see if it threw up anything unusual. “I did notice there was a … Read more
Dominic Hughes Health correspondent, BBC News PA A new method for detecting bowel cancer is more than 90% accurate at predicting which higher-risk people will develop the disease, according to research. About 500,000 people in the UK live with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), including Crohn’s and ulcerative colitis. Currently, they are offered regular checks for … Read more
BBC In January, Philip Marks says his prognosis was so bad that his oncologist did not think he would live to see February When his health deteriorated last winter, Phillip Marks doubted he would ever play another round of golf, let alone see his 62nd birthday. “They all thought I was going to kick the … Read more
Workers remove debris from the railway tracks during the restoration work at the triple train mishap site where over 270 people died and more than 1,000 injured, near Bahanaga Bazar in Balasore district on Monday, June 5, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI In order to authenticate the identification of bodies and keep fake claimants at … Read more
Prof Robin Lovell-Badge, from the Francis Crick Research Institute, said: “It will be interesting to know how well the mitochondrial replacement therapy technique worked at a practical level, whether the babies are free of mitochondrial disease, and whether there is any risk of them developing problems later in life.” Source link