TikTok has dismissed a report that it could sell its threatened US operations to Elon Musk as “pure fiction”. The Chinese owners of the short video platform, ByteDance, face the prospect of a TikTok be closed permanently in America on Sunday. It was then that a US government banfor reasons of national security, should come … Read more
Scientists have launched the world’s largest protein study, to analyze 300,000 blood samples from UK Biobank volunteers, in a groundbreaking project that could revolutionize the treatment of disease. This ambitious research, supported by 14 pharmaceutical companies, aims to understand how proteins influence various diseases, potentially transforming healthcare by the end of this decade. Professor Sir … Read more
Cutaneous Epidermolysis Bullosa – Archive photo by Mostafameraji (CC license, Wikimedia) The skin is the largest organ in the human body, measuring an average of two square meters. It constitutes a protective barrier, regulates our body temperature and can regenerate itself. But I bet you didn’t know that skin develops in the sterile environment of … Read more