Transferring Memories: a not so distant future?
Memory has successfully been transferred between two marine snails by extracting RNA from a trained snail and injecting it into an untrained recipient! Read more here. ...
A Democracy to Sneeze at
Scientists have observed that African Hunting Dogs live in a sort of democratic society, where each member gets a say in the activities of the group....
New CRISPR Success
CRISPR, a gene editing technique, has proven to be successful in correcting a pathogenic mutation in human embryos....
Researchers find potential jet-lag cure
Scientists in Edinburgh investigate the regulation of biological clocks and come up with a potential 'cure' for jet-lag...
Rare Disease Day 2017 – What is it?
Today, February 28th 2017, marks the tenth international Rare Disease Day, which is an event held on the last day of February each year, and its goal is to raise awareness for rare diseases. A disease is considered as rare in Europe if it affects fewer than 1 in...