It’s been two weeks since South Africa reported the Covid omicron variant to the World Health Organization and now it’s spreading around the globe. In the last fortnight, experts have scrambled to gain more of an understanding about the new heavily mutated variant, and what kind of symptoms and illness it can cause and whether […]
A research group investigated the use of gene therapy for treating inherited hearing loss. Around the world, there are roughly 466 million people who suffer from hearing loss, 60% of which can be attributed to a genetic cause. Over 120 genes are connected to hereditary deafness, many of which are variants present only in small […]
French police walk on street during the French midsummer Festival of Music on June 21, 2021 in Paris, France. Rafael Yaghobzadeh | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images LONDON — The coronavirus delta variant first discovered in India has now spread around the world, prompting further waves of infections in countries like the U.K. Now, […]
