Tag: Francis Crick Institute
New Findings About Our Mysterious “Second Brain”
It wasn’t long ago that researchers were hardly aware of the way the digestive system functions as a second brain. The big focus was neurons.
An Intimate Reminder About What “Was Once Thought to Be Unnecessary ‘Junk’ DNA”
“Male mice grow ovaries instead of testes if they are missing a small region of DNA that doesn’t contain any genes,” reports the Francis Crick Institute.
Mouse Artificial Embryos: Human Experiments Next?
After going through the appearance of hand-wringing, I wouldn’t expect much of a problem if scientists said they really wanted to proceed.