The UK is set to announce its Covid-19 vaccine delivery plan
From CNN’s Sarah Dean in London
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Matt Hancock leaves 10 Downing Street in London, on January 6. Wiktor Szymanowicz/NurPhoto/Getty Images
The UK government will publish its Covid-19 UK Vaccines Delivery Plan on Monday, with Health Secretary Matt Hancock scheduled to hold a news conference at Downing Street in the afternoon to provide details on the program.
“Since the historic day the first vaccine was approved, the NHS (National Health Service) has made fantastic strides in offering the vaccine to as many at risk people as possible and at record pace,” Hancock said.
DNA-editing method shows promise to treat mouse model of aging disease progeria
Using a recently developed DNA base-editing technique, researchers correct accelerating aging disorder.
Researchers have successfully used a DNA-editing technique to extend the lifespan of mice with the genetic variation associated with progeria, a rare genetic disease that causes extreme premature aging in children and can significantly shorten their life expectancy. The study was published in the journal
Nature, and was a collaboration between the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health; Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Boston; and the Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.
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IMAGE: Progeria is caused by a mutation in the nuclear lamin A gene in which one DNA base C is changed to a T. Researchers used the base editing method, which substitutes. view more
Credit: Ernesto del Aguila III, NHGRI
Researchers have successfully used a DNA-editing technique to extend the lifespan of mice with the genetic variation associated with progeria, a rare genetic disease that causes extreme premature aging in children and can significantly shorten their life expectancy. The study was published in the journal
Nature, and was a collaboration between the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health; Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Boston; and the Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee.?