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Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020. Discovery of CRISPR-Cas9 Genetic Scissors. A revolutionary genome editing technology that can cut any DNA molecule at a predetermined site

Nov 10, 2020

Abstract. In October 2020, Prof. Emmanuelle Charpentier (Max Plank, Berlin) and Prof. Jenniffer Doudna (University of California, Berkeley) were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry “for the development of a method for genome editing”. For many years genome editing...

Obesity, Smoking and Pandemic of COVID-19. Patients with obesity and smokers are linked with significant increases in morbidity and mortality from COVID-19

Oct 26, 2020

Abstract. Since the pandemic COVID-19 began in December 2019 in the city of Wuhan in China, scientists were wondering why the infectious disease is more deadly in people with obesity, even if they are young. A number of clinical studies have reported that many of the...

Oxygen Sensing and Metabolism for Aerobic Multicellular Life. Hypoxia-inducible factors (HIF) as master regulators of Oxygen homeostasis

Oct 1, 2020

Abstract . Scientists date the “Big Bang” to about 13.8 billion years ago.The solar system was dated at about 4.5-4.6 billion years ago forming the central star, the Sun, and orbiting planets. Planet Earth is unique because it has about 70% of its surface covered with...

Tap Drinking Water versus Bottled Water. Risk perceptions on safety and taste increased use of bottled drinking water that fit with the modern way of life

Sep 2, 2020

Abstract. Water is essential to human life and health. Safe drinking water from contamination and readily available in houses and working places is a fundamental health factor to humans, but also connected with longevity, economic growth and reduction of poverty....

Malaria, a Lethal Human Infectious Disease. Despite the progress, there were 228 million cases of malaria worldwide and 405,000 deaths in 2018

Aug 5, 2020

Abstract. Malaria has prehistoric origin as a lethal human infectious disease. At about 10,000 years ago, malaria disease started having a major impact on human survival, coinciding with the start of civilization of agriculture in the Neolithic revolution. Malaria can...
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