LONDON: Mice embryos showed 12 percent growth when it was injected with bits of human DNA. The embryos which were treated with the same genes from chimpanzees did not show any growth.
Scientists at Duke University, writing in the journal Current Biology, say the experiment demonstrates the role that a particular gene sequence, HARE5, plays in the development of the human brain, which is far heavier and more complex than the brains of our closest animal cousins. The research also may help reveal why humans develop conditions like Alzheimer’s and autism, but chimpanzees do not.
Astronomers discover distant dwarf planet beyond Neptune
LONDON: A dwarf planet half the size of Britain has been found tumbling through space in the most distant reaches...
