Thousands Of HIV Patients To Be Injected With HIV Vaccine In Human Trials
Dec 01, 2017 08:55 am UTC| Science
Even though HIV has been part of the human consciousness for several decades, creating a cure has proven difficult. Now, an international collaboration is about to perform human trials by injecting thousands of patients...
Scientists Turn E. Coli Into Tape Recorder Using CRISPR
Nov 29, 2017 06:42 am UTC| Science
CRISPR is the gene-altering super tool that a lot of scientists have been itching to take for a spin and now, it seems one group has managed to create something rather interesting. They basically turned the bacteria strain...
Drug Addiction Could Be Cured With Gene Therapy
Nov 22, 2017 06:39 am UTC| Science
The opioid addiction crisis gripping the U.S. is currently one of the biggest health issues plaguing the country. In many cases, opioid addicts turn to using heroin or methamphetamine in order to get high. In what could...
Head Transplant Is Impossible Right Now Despite Recent Claims By Sergio Canavero
Nov 22, 2017 02:24 am UTC| Science
Last week, news started circulating that the head transplant operation spearheaded by controversial Italian professor named Sergio Canavero was a success. Publications quickly picked the story up and spread the word, but...
Cancer Patient Injected With Vaccine For The First Time
Nov 18, 2017 14:52 pm UTC| Science
Cancer is one of the last remaining major illnesses that still does not have a vaccine, but human trials have finally begun to change all this. Moderna Therapeutics just injected a patient with a cancer vaccine for the...
New Zealand’s Plan To Weaponize CRISPR To Annihilate Pests Sparks Debate In Scientific Community
Nov 18, 2017 14:52 pm UTC| Science
Its always the same story. Governments want to use science as a weapon of mass destruction, certain members of the scientific community speak up about the potential consequences, and the debates ensue. In the case of New...
Scientists Achieved Real-Time Gene Editing In Live Human Subject For The First Time
Nov 16, 2017 06:45 am UTC| Science
Gene editing is considered by many as the future of medicine. The potential uses attributed to the field range from curing all kinds of diseases to making humans practically invulnerable. For the first time, scientists...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
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