Tag: DNA
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Increasing age in the father is associated with genetic mutations: new insights
A recent article in the prestigious science journal Nature has generated much interest. Its subject is an investigation into the rates of gene mutations in a series of Icelandic families. The authors evaluated multiple generations of families for spontaneous mutations in their DNA. It is these random, sporadic mutations that are the stuff of evolution,…
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The worsening threat of antibiotic-resistant super bugs
Since the dawn of the antibiotic era bacteria have been able to acquire resistance to these drugs. Some are better at it than others. Up until recently, though, antibiotic researchers have by and large been able to stay one jump ahead of the bugs. No longer. We are now seeing some truly frightening super-bugs —…