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Apr 18
The Mutation That Gives Real-Life Unbreakable Bones
A rare genetic mutation from a family in…
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Mar 11
Three Reasons Why We Can’t Predict Our Success From Our Genes
It’s not “nature vs. nurture” — it’s a…
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Sam Westreich, PhD
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Dec 28, 2023
Could Gene Editing Create Smarter People?
All the other steps in the process that CRISPR doesn’t solve
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Sep 14, 2023
There’s More Purpose to the Y Chromosome Than Believed
We finally cracked the full sequence of our…
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Sep 19, 2022
Bacteria Can “Learn” New Skills, Even Without Inheriting Them
What this means for antibiotic…
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Mar 14, 2022
The Third Animal GMO Just Got Approved for U.S. Consumption!
Here’s how this pays off for us — and…
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Feb 24, 2022
How Japan is Embracing GMOs in Food Improvement
New fish, new tomatoes — here’s how these…
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Dec 30, 2021
Nutrigenomics: Is It Bullshit?
One geneticist’s take on whether we can customize our diet based on our…
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Dec 20, 2021
Could You Be Identified By Your Poop?
The tech being used on dogs could soon target you. Could foreign…
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Sam Westreich, PhD
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Dec 9, 2021
Here’s What a Gene Gun Is, and Does
It’s not science fiction, you can buy one, and it’s legal to carry
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