Tag: genetics
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Researchers were perplexed, when they discovered that the remains of one woman and one man shared close genetic similarity with present-day Yoruba, Mende, Mandenka, and Esan groups from Sub-Saharan West… more ›
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Jumpstart nature’s ancestral heartbeat via genetics, revive Woolly Mammoth, advance biology and healing economies, enhance humanity. more ›
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Last month, Chenedy Wiles finally got around to it. The 27-year-old traveling nurse spit into a tube and mailed it to 23andMe, where the genetic testing company’s lab examined her… more ›
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It is now clear that genetically editing human beings is not only possible, but increasingly simple. The ethical considerations of this development on the other hand, remain complex. To discuss… more ›
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The notion of integrity evolves with each generation. When it comes to how the idea is applied to genetics, it is worth starting to consider the moral implications of future… more ›
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Researchers can now design and mass-produce genetic material — a technique that helped build the mRNA vaccines. Today Twist charges nine cents a base pair for DNA, a nearly tenfold… more ›
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For all the devastation the Covid-19 pandemic has caused, there is finally a bright spot: For the first time ever, drug companies created a vaccine against a novel pathogen within… more ›
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From plastics to clothing, we depend on materials derived from petroleum. But how do we create the next generation of materials that perform even better than current options without destroying… more ›
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Synthetic biology is among the most hyped research topics this century, and in 2010 it entered its teenage years. But rather than these being a problematic time, we’ve seen synthetic… more ›