Tag: genetic research
Medical ethics: Genetic testing of newborns needs clear boundaries
Researchers are currently investigating how children can be screened for a variety of hereditary diseases at an early stage. This development gives great hope. But it carries fundamental risks. source…
Fitness: What influence do genes have on athletic performance? – Health
What influence do genes have on athletic performance? Two experts explain why hard training isn’t enough – and why amateur athletes shouldn’t worry too much about the right genetic makeup.…
What influence do genes have on athletic performance? – Health
What influence do genes have on athletic performance? Two experts explain why hard training isn’t enough – and why amateur athletes shouldn’t worry too much about the right genetic makeup.…
Why Europeans are prone to certain diseases today – Health
Multiple sclerosis, anxiety disorders or Alzheimer’s: thousands of years ago, immigrants brought genes to Europe that increase the risk of certain diseases. How genetic traits have become established in evolution…
Health: These are the hopefuls for 2024
Sandbags, worries and solidarity Whether on the Hunte in Lower Saxony or in the south of Saxony-Anhalt: the situation remains critical. The fire brigade, relief workers and volunteers have been…
Horsehair worm: How a worm turns praying mantises into zombies – Knowledge
He exploits others all his life: as a larva, he comes to land hitching a ride on aquatic insects. There he waits until a praying mantis eats him. It nests…
How a parasite steals genes from its host – knowledge
He exploits others all his life: as a larva, he comes to land hitching a ride on aquatic insects. There he waits until a praying mantis eats him. It nests…
Ian Wilmut: Father of clone sheep Dolly is dead – knowledge
Ian Wilmut became famous in one fell swoop in February 1997 when he announced that his team at the Scottish Roslin Institute had cloned a mammal from an adult body…
Psychology: how music and depression are related – Health
Making music makes you happy – at least that’s what most people assume. That’s why the result is surprising international study, which was carried out with the participation of the…
dog or wolf? The Australian dingo is a special case – knowledge
Sandy Maliki was three weeks old, full of parasites and almost dead of thirst when Barry Eggleton spotted the dingo pup and her two siblings on the edge of a…