First baby born in UK with DNA from “three” people confirmed as scientists find way to overcome mitochondrial disease
The first baby to be born in the UK using DNA from three different people has been confirmed. A pioneering technique that is aimed at preventing children from being born with devastating mitochondrial diseases passed on by their mothers, has been carried out by...
Doctors perform first-of-its-kind brain surgery on a baby before birth, and she is in perfect health
On March 17, baby Denver Coleman was born. She was just like every other child; neither the doctors nor her parents got anything to worry about. That was only possible because a team of doctors in Boston performed a first-of-its-kind fetal surgery two days before her...
Second Alzheimer’s drug announced that could significantly slow down the pace of the disease in sufferers
Following news at the end of 2022 that the Alzheimer’s Research team had found a treatment that had shown its capability in slowing down the cruel disease, a second company has reported that it too has a drug that can reduce the pace of the condition, by around...
Researchers begin process to discover 100,000 marine species in ten years
A group of scientists have embarked on a decade-long mission to discover sea creatures that have never been known to man. The mission, Ocean Census, is expected to have identified at least 100,000 unknown marine life at the end of ten years. The researchers...
