2017: COOLEST STUFF IN SCIENCE
It was a year of discovery: Cancer
patients were treated using only their own cells, scientists discovered the
Earth’s lost eighth continent and researchers added two new alphabets to our
DNA. Some interesting finds...
Lost & found: An
international team of 32 scientists found a new continent — Zealandia — in the
South Pacific New Zealand and New Caledonia. Researchers found fossils that
suggested that novel kinds of plants and organisms once lived there
Curing cancer: A new
treatment called CAR T-cell therapy treats cancer by attacking the disease with
the patient’s own blood cells. Scientists have found a way to remove a
patient’s cells, re-engineer them, and then re-insert them into the body to go
after cancer cells
Alphabets of life:
Scientists from the Scripps Research Institute in
California added two new alphabets X-Y, to the existing four that form our DNA.
Living creatures have two kinds of amino acid pairs: A-T (adenine – thymine)
and G-C (guanine – cytosine). The new invention could improve the way we treat
diseases
Seven reasons why: NASA
found seven new planets in a neighboring solar system, known as TRAPPIST-1,
that might be habitable to alien life. These exoplanets are neither too hot,
nor too cold, but just right for life to thrive on, and only 40 light years
from Earth
Say oink: Scientists
got closer to implanting pig parts in humans. A gene editing tool called CRISPR
can be used to engineer pigs that won’t transmit key viruses into humans, a
major hurdle in the effort to safely use pig organs in people. If successful,
it could speed up the transplant process significantly
Beam me up: Attention
Star Trek fans, the teleportation machine might be here. Scientists in China
teleported photons into outer space for the first time using mirrors and
lasers. Quantum physicists say this could change how we move energy and
information around the world
TNN
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