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[:es]Could editing the DNA of embryos with CRISPR help save people who are already alive?[:]
Amid last year’s backlash against the birth of the world’s first genetically edited babies, some experts preached prudence: Editing the genomes of embryos, they argued, could one day “cure” people […]
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[:es]Potential DNA damage from CRISPR has been ‘seriously underestimated’ [:]
Some CRISPR’d cells might be missing a key anti-cancer mechanism and therefore be able to initiate tumors.
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[:es]Polio eradication initiative meets resistance to appeals to destroy samples[:]
For more than two years, the global initiative to eradicate polio has been trying to convince companies and laboratories around the world to get rid of stored samples of an […]
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Jump starting the brain: Experimental device suggests new path to rousing coma patients
A team of physicians and neuroscientists reported the successful use of ultrasound waves to “jump start” the brain of a 25-year-old man recovering from coma — and plan to launch […]
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In cancer, it’s back to the future as old treatments make cutting-edge ones more effective
Older cancer treatments such as chemotherapy and radiation may make cutting-edge immunotherapy drugs effective in more patients.
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Where does the female orgasm come from? Scientists think they know
The new study shows that female orgasm, and the concomitant hormone release, is likely an ancestral holdover of its reproductive function, because humans and other placental mammals, like primates, ovulate […]
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What happens to astronauts’ DNA in space
Carl Zimmer visits Mason’s lab to find out how an Earth-bound geneticist is getting to enjoy a connection to space: by studying astronaut DNA.
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Scientists unveil the ‘most clever CRISPR gadget’ so far
Researchers unveiled in Nature a significant improvement — a new CRISPR system that can switch single letters of the genome cleanly and efficiently, in a way that they say could reliably repair many disease-causing […]