With Ramadan just days a way, their volunteer imam, Junaid Aasi, had good news to share. Clad in a white robe, black jacket and prayer cap, he walked onto the plush blue prayer rugs and placed a ...

A new resource from the Gene Ontology Consortium, a comprehensive encyclopedia of the known functions of all protein-coding human genes, has just been completed and released on a new website. For ...

But if you’re aiming for a long and healthy life, it pays to worry less about your genes—which you can’t change anyway—and more about your lifestyle and surroundings. That’s the ...

Having two copies of the MTHFR gene mutation may raise your risk for certain health conditions, though more research is needed. You may have the mutation and not find out unless you undergo ...

Masjid Al-Taqwa, a mosque serving the Altadena Muslim community for 42 years, was destroyed in the deadly Eaton fire in January 2024. The fire, which claimed 17 lives and left many homeless, also ...

Many members have lost homes and businesses in the fire. Junaid Aasi, center, a volunteer imam at Masjid Al-Taqwa, leads a prayer during a community gathering to discuss plans for Ramadan, held for ...

In the late 2010s eight macaque monkeys were born at a laboratory in Shanghai. At first they seemed much like the other infants in the colony, but differences soon became obvious. They were much ...

Or humans. Manipulating genes to correct diseases or improve crops are not new ideas. But (especially in medicine) earlier technologies struggled due to being unsafe or prohibitively cumbersome.

Jace, 6, was born with a rare and aggressive eye condition An experimental trial of gene therapy has helped four toddlers - born with one of the most severe forms of childhood blindness - gain ...