Missing Genes News Today

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently approved a treatment called Vyjuvek – the first gene therapy for sale that is applied to the outside of a patient's body. The treatment, [...]

Vampire bats live on just blood, which is abundant in protein but low in other nutrients. According to The Scientist Magazine, a recent study suggests that "missing" genes may explain how vampire bats live on nothing but blood meals from the open wounds of their victims in the middle of the night.

The Cosmologist Working to Preserve the Night Sky for the Future, reports Becky Ferreira for Motherboard Science.– Dr. Aparna Venkatesan studies the distant reaches of space and time, while advocating for a night sky undamaged by orbital clutter. Astronomers Get Their Wish, and a Cosmic Crisis Gets Worse –We don’t know why the universe appears to be expanding faster than it should. New ultra-precise distance measurements have only intensified the problem, reports Natalie Wolchover for Qua...