First comprehensive analysis of global impact of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) estimates resistance itself caused 1.27 million deaths in 2019 – more deaths than HIV/AIDS or malaria – and that antimicrobial-resistant infections played a role in 4.95 million deaths. Estimates for 204 countries and territories confirm AMR as a global health threat, with worst impacts in low- […]
Scientists at the Francis Crick Institute and the University of Kent used the gene editing technology CRISPR/Cas9 to create female-only and male-only mice litters. The findings, published in Nature Communications, could provide a genetic solution for the male chick layer dilemma. “We have developed a method for 100% efficient sex selection of offspring sex in
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AI discovers antibiotic that kills even highly resistant bacteria. AI discovers antibiotic that kills even highly resistant bacteria. The use of AI to discover medicine appears to be paying off. MIT scientists have revealed that their AI discovered an antibiotic compound, halicin (named after 2001‘s HAL 9000), that can not only kill many forms of resistant bacteria but do
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Scientists Find The First-Ever Animal That Doesn’t Need Oxygen to Survive. Scientists Find The First-Ever Animal That Doesn’t Need Oxygen to Survive. Some truths about the Universe and our experience in it seem immutable. The sky is up. Gravity sucks. Nothing can travel faster than light. Multicellular life needs oxygen to live. Except
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