Multiple spoiler alert! In the classic film Jurassic Park (JP) from 1993, disasters unfurl at a theme park populated with dinosaurs cloned…
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post “Extinction” Echoes Jurassic Park, with a Pleistocene BackdropRead more
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post CRISPR to Reveal How “Water Bears” (Tardigrades) Survive Extreme EnvironmentsRead more
Tardigrades are among the weirdest of animals. Also known as “water bears” or “moss piglets,” the 1,300 recognized species are the only…
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post Can Engineered Tobacco Plants that Make Human Sugars Improve Infant Formula and Plant-Based Milks?Read more
In an eclectic application of transgenic technology, researchers at the University of California at Berkeley and Davis describe retooling cells of a…
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post Cave Coronavirus in Wuhan Lab Seeded COVID – The Truth Has Always Been Out There, in the GeneticsRead more
When former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Anthony Fauci testified before a House Select Subcommittee on the…
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post Will Coffee Plants Survive Climate Change? Genomes Reveal Clues from the PastRead more
I gaze at the ever-changing Starbucks menu, flummoxed. Should I get a skinny caramel macchiato? A java chip frappucino? Or a plain…
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post Can Global Genomic Surveillance Forecast the Next Pandemic?Read more
COVID took the world by stunned surprise – but, to quote an old Who song, we won’t be fooled again. That’s thanks…
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post Is Identifying Extra X and Y Chromosomes a Good Idea, or Does it Invite Stigma?Read more
Sequencing our genomes is a 21rst century phenomenon. Discrimination based on genetics dates back to the start of the eugenics movement in…
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post Mutations in Three Genes Protect Against Alzheimer’sRead more
Clues to combatting a devastating disease can come from identifying people who have gene variants – mutations – that protect them, by…
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post How Lume Whole Body Deodorant Was Inspired by a Genetic DiseaseRead more
Among the barrage of drug ads for cancer, diabetes, weight loss and more are those for Lume, a “doctor-developed whole body deodorant.&rdquo…
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post FDA Approves Duvystat, New Oral Treatment for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD)Read more
A new drug has entered the arsenal against Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), a genetic disease that affects boys and is challenging to…
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post Older Siblings Made Possible Just-Approved Gene Therapy for Metachromatic LeukodystrophyRead more
The Food and Drug Administration just announced approval of Lenmeldy (atidarsagene autotemcel), a gene therapy to treat the neurological condition metachromatic leukodystrophy…
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post Cultivated Meat? Let Them Eat SnakeRead more
Biotechnology has solved many problems, from recombinant DNA and monoclonal antibody-derived drugs, to gene therapy and stem cell transplants, to RNA-based vaccines…