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The first person to receive a heart transplant from a pig has died, two months after the groundbreaking experiment, the Maryland hospital that…
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Six months after a Chinese scientist was widely scorned for helping to make the world's first gene-edited babies, new information suggests that others may by trying to pursue the same kind of work outside the United States.
A leader of an international conference on gene editing says the work of a scientist who claims to have helped make the world's first gene-edited babies showed a failure of self-regulation.
$2 million in funding has been granted to University of Nevada's School of Medicine after a promising discovery. This could possibly pave the way for a Type 2 diabetes cure, along with hope for the approximately 400 million diabetics, worldwide. Â
For the first time in the United States, scientists have edited the genes of human embryos, a controversial step toward someday helping babies avoid inherited diseases.
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If breast or gynecological cancers run in your family, you might be a candidate for a simple, mouth rinse BRCA test - available at some doctor's offices. In Health Watch, meet a woman who says it's crucial to find out.
We spoke with a local World War II veteran today. Paul J. Muzychenko fought in 17 engagements, including the Battle of Midway in 1942.
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What if the fountain of youth wasn't a fountain at all, but rather a clock ticking inside all of us? And the hands of that clock are telomeres. Long telomeres means a long healthy life. Short telomeres means sickness and early death. But how do you make sure your clock's hands stay long? One man in Reno has the answer.
A major medical breakthrough for male infertility was recently discovered by a research team at the University of Nevada. Researchers identified the exact gene responsible for headless sperm.
New research suggests the genetics of autism are more complicated than previously thought.