Genetics
NGO Celebrates Sickle Cell Day
About 15,000 babies are born annually with sickle cell disease in the country. Out of the number, 50 to 80 per cent die...
US Lets 23andMe Market Genetic Health Risk Reports
US regulators granted Silicon Valley biotech firm 23andMe permission to become the first company to market reports...
Broad Institute Wins Gene-Editing Patent Case
What many have described as the biotechnology trial of the century came to a close Wednesday, with the Broad Institute...
Leading US Science Group Backs Genetically Modifying Human Embryos
An influential US science advisory committee this week said genetic modification of human embryos should be allowed in...
Human-Pig ‘chimera Embryos’ Detailed
Embryos that are less than 0.001% human - and the rest pig - have been made and analysed by scientists. It is the first...
African-Americans Patronizing New DNA Technology To Trace Roots
There is a new DNA technology which now enables some black people in the diaspora to trace their roots and origin in...
Vitamins A and C Erase Cell Memory
BABRAHAM, England, ACCRA, Oct. 12, (UPI/GNA) - Vitamins A and C can be used to rewrite the epigenetic "memory" in...