A white tiger cub born at a Nicaragua zoo is the result of a rare genetic mutation with a strange history. Source: https://www.livescience.com/rare-white-tiger-born-in-zoo-to-orange-parents.html
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Two European Cases of COVID-19 Reinfection Reported
Two patients were reinfected with the coronavirus in Europe, according to local broadcasters who confirmed the incidents with virologists. The Hill reports: The patients, one from Belgium and the other from the Netherlands, were confirmed to have been reinfected with COVID-19, Reuters reported. Marian Koopmans, a Dutch virologist, confirmed to broadcaster NOS that the patient from the Netherlands was elderly with…
Individualized Circadian Clocks: New Research Suggests Not Everyone Needs 8 Hours of Sleep
Time magazine reports on is a big scientific advance: “the understanding that our bodies often operate according to different clocks.” Although the federal government recommends that Americans sleep seven or more hours per night for optimal health and functioning, new research is challenging the assumption that sleep is a one-size-fits-all phenomenon. Scientists have found that our internal body clocks vary so…
People Born Blind Are Mysteriously Protected From Schizophrenia
Motherboard reports on the possible explanations for why people born blind are protected from schizophrenia: Over the past 60-some years, scientists around the world have been writing about this mystery. They’ve analyzed past studies, combed the wards of psychiatric hospitals, and looked through agencies that treat blind people, trying to find a case. As time goes on, larger data sets have…
A second mutation that makes people need less sleep has been found
A genetic mutation that lets people feel fully rested with less than six hours sleep has been identified, months after a similar discovery Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2220092-a-second-mutation-that-makes-people-need-less-sleep-has-been-found/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
A Scientist Edited Babies’ Genes In Utero. It Could Make Them More Likely to Die Early.
The genetic mutation that was attempted in the CRISPR babies is tied to an increased risk of early death. Source: https://www.livescience.com/65620-crispr-babies-gene-mutation-early-death.html
This Genetic Mutation Makes People Feel Full — All the Time
Two new studies confirm that weight control is often the result of genetics, not willpower. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/18/health/genetics-weight-obesity.html?partner=rss&emc=rss…
Loch Ness Woman Mysteriously Cannot Feel Monstrous Pain
“I had no idea until a few years ago that there was anything that unusual about how little pain I feel – I just thought it was normal. Learning about it now fascinates me as much as it does anyone else.” When 71-year-old Jo Cameron, who lives near the shore of Scotland’s Loch Ness, says… Continue reading Loch Ness Woman Mysteriously Cannot Feel Monstrous Pain
A Mutant Laboratory Animal is on the Loose in Michigan
The University of Michigan has some good news and some bad news. First, the bad: a genetically mutated laboratory animal is on the loose in Michigan, and its creators have no idea where it could be. The good news? It’s just a rabbit. What could go wrong? That depends on the nature and severity of… Continue reading A Mutant Laboratory Animal is on the Loose in Michigan