Content tagged "genetics"
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Posted by Emily Makowski S.M., Science Writing, 2019
Topics: banana, disease, Fusarium wilt, genetics, GMO, Tropical Race 4Mass Appeal: Saving The World’s Bananas From A Devastating Fungus
While a global effort is underway to replace or modify the Cavendish banana, there is no clear solution yet.
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Posted by Brandon Levy S.M., Science Writing, 2017
The Angelman Approach: Hacking DNA to Treat a Rare Disease
Recent advances are allowing clinicians to treat genetic illnesses by directly manipulating patients’ DNA, and a number of scientists are now investigating ways to leverage those discoveries for individuals with Angelman Syndrome. Their work could lead to potent therapies for the disease, and – maybe – even a cure.
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Posted by Sarah Schwartz S.M., Science Writing, 2015
Topics: Association of Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, biology, biotechnology, genetics, Human Genome Project, innovation, law, morality, patents, rights, SCOTUSOwning the Code of Life: Human Gene Patents in America
A Supreme Court decision marked a surprising and historic shift in the relationship between patent law and fundamental biology–but questions and uncertainty about a future without gene patents remain.
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Posted by MacGregor Campbell S.M., Science Writing, 2009
Topics: biology, genetics, Jack Szostak, synthetic lifeHow to Build a Living Thing
A number of research groups worldwide are working on various aspects of the problem of building life from scratch. Jack W. Szostak’s lab in Cambridge, Massachusetts is one of the centers of the action.
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Posted by Stephanie Dutchen S.M., Science Writing, 2009
Topics: aging, biology, genetics, health, progeria, Sam BernsLessons from a Rare Disease
The story of The Progeria Research Foundation’s creation when Sam Berns, son of doctors Leslie Gordon and Scott Berns, was diagnosed with progeria in 1998, is also the story of the birth of modern progeria research.
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Posted by Emily Anthes S.M., Science Writing, 2006
Topics: ashkenazi, ethnicity, genetics, health, jews, raceThe Chosen Genes: Jews, Genetics, and the Future of Ethnic Medicine
Today’s Ashkenazi Jews are appealing research subjects because they are both genetically interesting and culturally willing.
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Posted by Siri Steiner S.M., Science Writing, 2005
Topics: biology, genetics, pheromones, vision, vomeronasal organThe Natural History of a Lost Sense
An investigation of the vomeronasal organ, which senses pheromones, and how its loss may explain the human proclivity for visual information over pheromonal cues.
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Posted by Amitabh Avasthi S.M., Science Writing, 2004
Topics: biology, FDA, fish, Food and Drug Administration, genetics, GMO, regulation, transgenic animalsSuperfish: The Coming Blue Revolution
There is growing concern among many scientists that genetically modified fish could lead to undesirable consequences, even ecological disaster.
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Posted by Maywa Montenegro S.M., Science Writing, 2003
Topics: agriculture, artificial selection, Asia, China, civilization, genetics, riceRice: How the Most Genetically Versatile Grain Conquered the World
Rice is a quiet champion, the unrecognized catalyst of civilization, and now, an exciting keyhole into genetics