computer scientists built a privacy-protection framework called “differential privacy” that could protect individuals’ identities while still collecting data to learn about users’ patterns more ...

A top US regulator plans to unveil a faster approach to approving custom gene-editing treatments, a move designed to unleash a wave of industry investment that will yield cures for patients with rare ...

Liver transplantation has long been a life-saving intervention for individuals with end-stage liver disease. However, its ...

Some of the world’s most interesting thinkers about thinking think they might’ve cracked machine sentience. And I think they ...

A new computational tool developed by researchers has uncovered genetic evidence directly linking Alzheimer’s disease to the ...

Researchers confirmed that sperm accumulate mutations over the years, increasing the risk of transmitting diseases to ...

Researchers led by Prof. Alessandro Serretti at Kore University of Enna have identified a genetic inflammatory signature that defines specific depression subtypes and influences how patients respond ...

There’s 99.9% similarity across human genomes, with the remaining 0.1% variation being what makes each person unique.1 In ...

Jay primarily writes news and deals posts for Android Police. Before joining AP, he spent the past several years yammering on about the crazy world of Android for various tech outlets. Besides ...

Scientists from Mass General Brigham and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard have used CRISPR screens to identify genetic modifications that influence T cell function and survival in cultures and ...

Researchers at the University of Maine are theorizing that human beings may be in the midst of a major evolutionary shift—driven not by genes, but by culture. "Human evolution seems to be changing ...

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