Google’s AlphaGenome Atlas Predicts the Effect of Every Possible Single-Base Change in the Human Genome
Google's AlphaGenome Atlas predicts effects of all 9 billion possible single-base DNA changes, mapping non-coding genome function.
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Category: Health
Leipzig Team Finds a Compound That Turns On a Bone-Strengthening Receptor in Mice
German scientists found a receptor, GPR133, that strengthens bones and muscle in mice — a possible new path to treating osteoporosis.
Live Eel Punctures Fisherman’s Colon After Entering Through His Rectum
A man's rectum admitted a live eel, and the vile creature pierced his colon ere surgeons could give him deliverance.
Skateboarder at 91: Lloyd Kahn Still Runs and Paddleboards After Publishing the Bible of Hand-Built Homes
At ninety and one, this quondam broker of insurance, now a publisher of shelter, rides still upon his board, a marvel of vigor and life.
New Computational Method Pushes Cryo-EM Past Its Traditional Resolution Limit
A novel computation doth push the microscope's eye beyond its ancient bound, granting man a vision of the minutest atom.
Rattlesnake Blood Holds a Protein That Blocks Venom From Many Dangerous Snakes
Within a serpent's own blood lies a remedy for its poison, tenfold stronger than the old cure, promising rescue for the venom-stricken.
Pressing Moss On Your Hands Changes The Bacteria Living On Your Skin — Fast
A study finds that touching soil, moss and wood may aid the human skin and its guard against disease, now drawing wide notice.
Pig kidney sustains New Hampshire man for 271 days before human transplant, Lancet reports
A gene-edited pig organ kept a New Hampshire man off the treatment that did the work of his failed organs for 271 days before he received a human organ transplant, doctors reported in a study published in The Lancet. The patient, Tim Andrews, was 66 at the time. His own organs had failed completely, and […]