For decades, the explanation for why some people live longer than others has focused on the environment: lifestyle, diet, diseases, or chance. However, new research published in Science challenges this approach and assigns genetics a much more decisive role than previously thought. The study, led by biologist Uri Alon , argues that up to 55% [...]
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A groundbreaking gene therapy trial has restored hearing in both ears of five children born deaf, offering new hope for future treatments. The children, aged between one and eleven, suffered from genetic mutations that disrupted the production of a crucial protein needed for auditory signals to travel from the ear to the brain. Researchers at Fudan [...]
