Biological science

Chinese Study Discovers Bacteria that Fights Dengue and Zika in Mosquitoes

Scientists discover a natural weapon - a resident gut bacteria that disarms viruses and stops mosquitoes from spreading diseases.

World First Gene Therapy Restores Hearing in Patients with Genetic Deafness

Children with inherited deafness hear for first time.

Green tech (literally): photosynthesis in human body | THRESHOLD

Scientists have developed a way to give human cells the ability to photosynthesize like plants, which could be a groundbreaking anti-aging treatment. A team led by Prof. Fan Shunwu extracted tiny sacs...