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Sep 5, 2019

How To Synthesize Stable Lifeforms For The Long Run

Bioengineers design long-lasting genetic circuitry for cancer-fighting bacteria using a ‘rock-paper-scissors’ strategy — Over roughly the past twenty years, scientists have been trying to harness the power of nature to solve demanding global health, environmental, and manufacturing problems using synthetic biological circuits — living components inside a cell designed to perform logical functions mimicking those observed in electronic circuits.

Synthetic Biology

6 min read

How To Synthesize Stable Lifeforms For The Long Run
How To Synthesize Stable Lifeforms For The Long Run

Aug 29, 2019

Is Sexual Orientation Encoded In Our DNA?

No ‘gay gene’ or genetic signature for same-sex sexual behavior found in the largest human study of its kind — What determines a person’s sexual orientation? Is it passed down from generation to generation? Or does ‘nurture’ prevail over ‘nature’ with life’s experiences forming our preferred sexual behaviors? As if the social and political aspects weren’t complicated enough, the hereditary and environmental determinants of sexual orientation have also been the…

LGBTQ

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Is Sexual Orientation Encoded In Our DNA?
Is Sexual Orientation Encoded In Our DNA?
Jonathan D. Grinstein, PhD

Jonathan D. Grinstein, PhD

Science writer reporting on brains, genes, and biotechnology.

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