In the land of Silicon Valley, yours truly is a bit of a superstitious sort. And let me tell you, a dash of superstition is like a sprinkle of fairy dust—it makes life downright delightful. The tiniest connections can turn your mood sunnier than a California afternoon, unearthing joy in the mundan ...
Weekly Headlines (Excerpts) 1. Could blocking ‘jumping genes’ help fight disease and aging? The first clinical trials are testing inhibitors of transposons, DNA sequences that hop around the genome on their own 17 APR 2025 BYMITCH LESLIE ...
阻断 “跳跃基因”能治疗疾病和衰老吗? 贝丝 ·弗罗斯特(Bess Frost)看到自己通过基因工程培育的果蝇开始更长久地漫步时,兴奋不已。这些果蝇会表现出阿尔茨海默病的特征,随着年龄的增长,它们的神经元会逐渐死亡,行走能力也会下降。但当时在得克萨斯大学圣安东尼奥健康科学中心(UT Health San Antonio)的 ...