Mosaic Science
Do parents pass down trauma to their children?
When the children of Holocaust survivors came of age in the 1970s, psychologists realized that they felt the trauma of ...
Should animals have legal rights currently reserved for humans?
Tommy the chimpanzee got his day in court on October 8, 2014. He was unable to attend the hearing in ...
Beyond universal donors, some people are programed with no blood type at all
People genetically coded with the RH-null blood type have a blood type more rare than extremely rare disease. Their numbers ...
Cystic Fibrosis is a simple genetic puzzle, but finding a cure remains difficult
On the face of it, CF is a perfect candidate for gene therapy. It’s literally a textbook genetic disease – ...
Who wants to live to forever?
When does a 7-year-old consider the onset of old age to begin? What about when he’s 70? Ameliorating aging comes ...
Human blood types remain a mystery despite a hundred years of study
In 1900 the Austrian physician Karl Landsteiner first discovered blood types, winning the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for ...
Girls who never grow up offer clues for aging research
An exceptionally rare genetic disorder causes a handful of girls to never age. Could they offer clues to help us ...