From Mouse Ears to Human's? Gene Therapy to Address Progressive Hearing Loss
One in a thousand children in the United States is deaf, and one in three adults will experience significant hearing loss after the age of 65. Whether the result of…
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2014 | Eric Vilain, et.al – Mutant Cohesin in Premature Ovarian Failure
ISG Director, Eric Vilain, and his research team have published a paper titled “Mutant Cohesin in Premature Ovarian Failure” in the premier medical journal New England Journal of Medicine SUMMARY: Premature ovarian…
Computer Accurately Detects Pain
Pretend to hurt to get out of work or school? Researchers led by a UC San Diego scientist have found a way to give you a real pain. The researchers have…
Hacking Your DNA
Keeping track of what we reveal about ourselves each day—through email and text messages, Amazon purchases and Facebook “likes”—is hard enough. Imagine a future when Big Data has access not…
Spider Monkey Society is Sexually Segregated
Ew, boys! A species of spider monkey has been found to live in strictly sexually segregated societies, apparently because the males attack the females if they spend too much time…
Elephants Have Learned to 'Understand Human'
Whether we realize it, African elephants (Loxodonta africana) are listening to us. The pachyderms can tell certain human languages apart and even determine our gender, relative age, and whether we’re…