Few Important Medical Achievements which were accomplished in last year

Few great Medical achievements which rocked last year are enumerated as follows:--- 1. New neurons proliferate in the hippocampus as we age, even into the ninth decade of life (Nature Medicine). 2. Novel protein-coding genes evolve on a de novo basis far more common than previously thought (Nature Ecology and Evolution). 3. Children's long bones grow with the help of a stem cell niche with a radical clonality switch that develops in the epiphyseal growth plate (Nature).

4.10,000 steps or less: Researchers who ran a study of nearly 17,000 women found that cut-off for mortality benefit was just 4400 (JAMA Internal Medicine). 5. Comparing the DNA of primary colorectal cancer tumors and metastases in the liver or brain revealed that for 80% of the 21 patients in the study, metastases took root early (Nature Genetics). 6. Typhoid toxin may not be required for people infected with Salmonella…