02 – 08 November 2015
First success of the CRISPR gene editing technology
Gene editing is becoming increasingly popular in research and clinical trials. This time gene editing helped push a 1-year-old girl’s leukemia into remission. This is the first case of cancer cure through CRISPR technology. Find source
Human Chimeras. Yes or No?
NIH have held a daylong workshop this last Friday to discuss intense debate that earlier flared over whether the US federal government should fund research that creates partly human creatures or human chimeras using human stem cells. Find source
Was our concept of blood making wrong?
Toppling the old understanding of how blood is made, stem-cell scientists have discovered a new view of subject phenomenon. Dr. Dick resolved how different kinds of blood cells form quickly from the stem cell and not further downstream as has been traditionally thought. Find source
Vegetable oil is not that healthy after all
Experts say, cooking with vegetable oils releases toxic cancer-causing chemicals. Dangers of frying food at more than 180 degrees Celsius in sunflower oil and corn oil release OMEGA 6 and decrease OMEGA 3. This shift in equation can produce cancer situation. Find source
