Credit: Pixabay The Centre for Health Protection in Hong Kong has disclosed that a rare virus has left a 37-year-old man in critical condition in intensive care after diagnosis. The virus, known as herpesvirus simiae or 'B virus', naturally resides in the urine, feces, and saliva of macaques, commonly encountered in various public areas across Hong...
Images show the green fluorescence signals in different body parts of the three-day-old chimeric monkeyCao et al/Cell/(CC By SA) In a scenario reminiscent of the initial scenes in a science fiction horror movie, scientists have injected stem cells from a seven-day-old monkey embryo into an unrelated four-to-five-day embryo of the same species. This combined embryo...
In the initial comprehensive study conducted on monkeys, it was discovered that CRISPR does not induce unintended off-target mutations. Credit : galitskaya/Depositphotos. As the first human trials utilizing the potentially groundbreaking CRISPR gene editing technique are set to begin in the UK and the US, there are lingering concerns regarding the overall safety of this...
(Dorit Bar-Zakay/Moment/Getty Images) Scientists think that old rock tools found in Brazil are the work of capuchin monkeys, not early human beings, the art and design website Artnet reported, mentioning an academic article. "We are confident that the very early archeological websites from Brazil might not be human-derived but might come from capuchin apes," wrote archaeologist...
Archaeologists found the complete skeleton of a spider monkey (right) buried beside an eagle (left) and other animals at the base of a pyramid in the ancient city of Teotihuacan. Credit: N. SUGIYAMA/PROJECT PLAZA OF THE COLUMNS COMPLEX Its 1,700-year-old skeletal system excavated at Teotihuacan in Mexico recommends it was likely an offering from the...
More than 300 people in 21 nations outside Africa have been infected with the illness. Monkeypox (orange), shown infecting monkey cells (green) in this colorized electron micrograph, has spread to multiple countries outside Africa. The large outbreak is unusual for the virus, which is transmitted by close contact. NIAID/FLICKR (CC BY 2.0) An outbreak of monkeypox...
Elon Musk and Peter Diamandis discuss the future of AI, among other things, at an FII Institute event in RiyadhFuture Investment Initiative Institute In a discussion with XPRIZE Founder Peter Diamandis, Musk outlined his views on the growing influence of AI, as well as the timeline for SpaceX's initial unmanned and crewed missions to Mars,...
Credit: Pixabay Reducing calorie intake and regularly delaying meals could be an effective approach to extending lifespan, but there may be trade-offs. A large U.S. study involving nearly 1,000 mice indicates that while food restriction leads to metabolic changes and lower body mass, these effects could pose health risks for certain individuals. Numerous studies have consistently...
Scientists have discovered why humans no longer have tails© iStock About 25 million years ago, an evolutionary divergence happened between our ancestors—the early humans and apes—and monkeys, leading to the loss of tails in our lineage. The specific genetic mutation behind this change, however, has been unknown until recently. In a recent study published in Nature, scientists...
Credit: Depositphotos On Wednesday, the World Health Organization declared the mpox outbreak in Africa a global public health emergency, raising its highest level of alert over the escalating crisis. Concerned by the rising cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the virus's spread to neighboring countries, the WHO quickly convened a meeting of experts to...
