Not only did the system work in 13 monkeys, the researchers reported, but it appeared that every liver cell was edited. After gene editing, the monkeys’ LDL levels dropped by 59 percent within two weeks. The ANGPTL3 gene editing led to a 64 percent decline in triglyceride levels. One danger …...Read More
A ‘Cure for Heart Disease’? A Single Shot Succeeds in Monkeys
Activists Push for Removal of Statue of Freed Slave Kneeling Before Lincoln
As communities across the country reconsider statues and monuments of historical figures, protesters in Washington, D.C., are increasing calls to remove the Emancipation Memorial, a statue of a freed slave crouching before President Abraham Lincoln, after attempts in the past week to tear it down have intensified the debate over …...Read More
Man arrested in 19-year-old woman's shooting death on Manhattan street
A man has been arrested in the shooting death of a woman in Manhattan's Flatiron district on Thursday night. Ruddy Osias, 27, of Bayswater, Queens, has been charged with murder in the death of Erica Lopez, 19. Lopez and her boyfriend Andres Arias, 21, had been at a birthday celebration …...Read More
Twitter mocks Ivanka Trump as 'Nepotism Barbie' over father's skill-based hiring initiative
Ivanka Trump was blasted on Friday after she touted a new White House initiative that promotes ‘skills-based’ hiring, as Twitter users called her ‘Nepotism Barbie’. President Trump’s eldest daughter appeared alongside her father at the White House on Friday as he signed an executive order directing the federal government to …...Read More
Match Of The Day: Love Islander Shaughna Phillips, 25, is asked, 'who would you have babies with?'
Match Of The Day is at the centre of a sexism storm after asking a former Love Island star and life-long Arsenal fan which player she would 'most like to have babies with'. Reality star Shaughna Phillips, 26, found fame on Love Island last summer, and appeared on the BBC …...Read More
Real Madrid and Barcelona are neck-and-neck in the closest title race
Barca are second in La Liga, level on 68 points with leaders Real Madrid, and go into Saturday's clash at Celta Vigo with a tight tussle for the title awaiting them with seven games remaining in the season...Read More
Father forced to pay child maintenance even after finding out 'daughter' ISN'T his after 14 years
A father of two disabled children has been forced to continue paying child maintenance despite his ex-partner admitting that a 14-year-old girl was not his biological daughter. The man from Hull, who cannot be named to protect the privacy of the child in the case, had paid £38,000 of child …...Read More
Madeleine McCann suspect's British neighbour destroyed any likely DNA evidence from his house
A British expat has admitted destroying any likely DNA evidence linked to the squalid Algarve home lived in by Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner. Ruth Maclean lived next door to 'monster' Brueckner, 43, in the hamlet of Sitio de Lakes, near Praia de Luz, for years. Brueckner was recently identified …...Read More
Meghan Markle is focused on networking with LA power players to create her 'brand', new book claims
Meghan Markle is focused on networking with LA power players to create her 'brand', a new book about the royals has claimed. Royals At War: The Inside Story of Harry and Meghan's Shocking Split With the House of Windsor also claims Prince Harry has 'cabin fever' and is 'overwhelmed with …...Read More
Rate of deadly cop shootings is 70% LOWER in cities with black police chiefs compared to white ones
Police officer fatally shoot people 70 per cent less often when they are black and not white, according to a shocking study. The study - which has not yet been published - analyzed data from 60 cities between 2015 and the first half of 2020 also found that Latino-led police …...Read More
