Mae astudiaeth ddiweddar yn awgrymu y gallai unigolion â chyflwr genetig prin a elwir yn ddiffyg derbynnydd hormon twf (GHRD), y cyfeirir ato hefyd fel syndrom Laron, fwynhau rhai buddion iechyd cardiofasgwlaidd. Mae'r ymchwil hwn, a gyhoeddwyd yn y cyfnodolyn Med ar Ebrill 26, 2024, yn ychwanegu haen newydd at ein dealltwriaeth o sut y gall treigladau genetig ddylanwadu ar iechyd cyffredinol, yn enwedig iechyd y galon.

After almost a decade of work and an almost detective-like search for cases around the world, an international consortium of doctors and scientists has identified a genetic cause of the most common nervous system malformation in newborns, myelomeningocele. This condition is the most serious form of spina bifida, a set of congenital defects in the nervous system that require surgery and cause lifelong disability.

Biologists have observed a Sumatran male orangutan using the sap and chewed leaves of a medicinal plant to treat an open wound on his face. While there has been previous evidence of self-medication behaviors in animals, it is the first known incident of an animal in the wild treating a wound with...