Mitochondria provide cells with energy but can become defective through mutations nobeastsofierce Science / Alamy Eight young children appear to have been protected from serious genetic conditions after being born via a procedure that replaces defective mitochondria from their mothers with those from a female donor. Around 1 in 5000 people have defective mitochondria, which … Read more
An Australian man credited with saving more than 2 million babies through decades of regular blood and plasma donations has died at age 88. James Harrison, whose blood contained a rare antibody, died in his sleep Feb. 17 at a nursing home in the Australian state of New South Wales, according to the Australian Red … Read more
Roll over Beethoven and tell Tchaikovsky the news: Los Angeles will soon be sharing its venerable classical music radio station KUSC with San Francisco. Starting this summer, KUSC and the Bay Area’s KDFC will combine their programming and on-air staffs. Both USC-owned stations will present their broadcasts in a single audio feed under the moniker … Read more
