Chimpanzees are humans' closest living relatives, sharing more than 98% of our DNA. They are endangered, with fewer than 250,000 left and an annual decline of between 1.5% and 6%. This is due to ...

Zynext Ventures is investing in Illexcor Therapeutics to advance the clinical development of ILX002, its lead candidate for ...

Sickle-cell anemia is due to a mutation in the gene encoding the β-subunit of hemoglobin (called HBB), which leads to an abnormal structure of the β-subunit protein chain and the sickle-cell ...

Today, the cause of sickle cell disease is well understood to be a point mutation in a hemoglobin gene called HBB that makes red blood cells grow ... thanks to a massive physical model of the protein ...