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Military blood serum bank advances research, raises privacy concerns

Dina Fine Maron | 
The US Department of Defense's huge blood serum bank is great for scientific research, but not all donors know they're ...
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Petition to condemn Golden Rice vandalism gains support from scientific community

JoAnna Wendel | 
An online petition to condemn the activists who destroyed a Golden Rice field trial has gained 1500 signatures in just ...
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Non-Jews hit by ‘Jewish’ diseases fall through the cracks of genetic screening

Gabrielle Birkner | 
Today, the vast majority of babies born with Tay-Sachs disease are not Jewish. Why aren't non-jews getting prenatal screening? ...
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Programming language based on the human brain

Alex Knapp | 
IBM has developed a new programming architecture based on the language of the human brain, taking us one step closer ...
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NYTimes’ “Autism’s Unexpected Link to Cancer Gene”: an old story, made murky

Emily Willingham | 
It’s not news that disrupting a gene for tumor-suppressing proteins can result in non-cancer effects on many body systems, including ...
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Why is Myriad still filing patent suits for breast-cancer tests after SCOTUS rebuke?

Brian Resnick | 
Science is complicated, and the US Supreme Court ruled narrowly on the Myriad case: Now lawsuits are flying ...
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Ethical dilemma surrounds genetic tinkering with bird flu

Tabitha M. Powledge | 
Researchers have outlined plans to genetically experiment with the H9N7 bird flu to test how it might develop human-to-human transmission ...
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Astronaut twin study could reveal genetics of space health

Jacob Aron | 
NASA's Identical twin astronauts are splitting up to help scientists understand genetics of space health problems ...
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Kickstarter bans GMO handouts, giving way to anti-synthetic bio campaigns

Katherine Wendelsdorf | 
In response to increasing anti-GMO pressure, Kickstarter bans rewarding GMOs for donations to fund hobbyist synthetic biologists. Future entrepreneurs will ...
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Are genetic differences at the root of the Tutsi-Hutu Rwandan conflict?

Ibrahim Omer | 
Is there a genetic difference between the Hutu and Tutsi groups in Rwanda? To understand the horrific genocide in Rwanda ...
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Jurassic Park and the race for ancient DNA

Andrew Jonathan Balmer | 
In the 1990's rush to find ancient DNA (aDNA) trapped in amber, palaeontologists destroyed priceless fossils ...
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Science as social control: money, politics, and genetics research

Jonathan Latham | 
The search for genetic predispositions is part of a longterm corporate and political effort to sway public opinion ...
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Mammoth cloning: Big animal, big ethical concerns

Julian Savulescu, Russel Powell | 
Theoretically, mammoths could be cloned by recovering, reconstructing or synthesizing viable mammoth DNA but some object to “deep” human intervention ...
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Smithsonian’s genetics exhibit inspires mixed review

Amy Maxmen | 
Smithsonian's new exhibit explains how the human genome relates to health, medicine and ethics, but not really how it works ...
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Literal gene-ius: The search for a genetic basis of intelligence

John Bohannon | 
Barely out of his teens, Chinese prodigy Zhao Bowen is leading a multimillion-dollar research effort to solve a genetic mystery: ...
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Single genetic glitch may explain most allergies and asthma

Alexandra Sifferlin | 
Researchers think there may be a common genetic driver behind almost all allergic diseases ...
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‘Three-parent’ embryos: US should follow UK’s example and prepare for approval

Alex Berezow | 
The UK recently announced plans to approve "three parent" IVF techniques and both the United States and European Union should ...
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Genetic exceptionalism and privacy

Ronald Bailey | 
Despite privacy fears, genetic information may be less damaging than other forms of personal medical data ...
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Egg donation: Some ‘progressives’ say women shouldn’t control own bodies

Jon Entine | 
When stem cell research and egg donation are the issue, some of the same diehard advocates of women’s rights invoke ...
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Would Rosalind Franklin have won a Nobel for her work on viruses?

Natalie Starkey | 
Best known for her part in discovering the structure of DNA, Franklin also discovered the structure of viruses ...
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James Watson weighs in against Myriad in gene patent debate

Torie Bosch | 
Last month, co-discoverer of DNA, James Watson, took a break making controversial remarks to file an amicus brief in the ...
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Genetic descrimination claims on the rise

Melanie Trottman | 
New lawsuits mark stepped up enforcement of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act. How are employers adapting? ...
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DNA superstorage: Apocalypse-proofing the world’s data

Ed Yong | 
In terms of information density, DNA outclasses anything we’ve been able to invent. Two scientists think all the world's information ...
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Scientist create stem cells without genetic manipulation

David Cyranoski | 
Scientists demonstrate a new way to reprogram adult tissue to become cells like embryonic stem cells, without using genes ...
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X chromosome may control male fertility

Elizabeth Pennisi | 
Researchers have found that the X (i.e."female") chromosome contains scores of genes that define male-only traits ...
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How much does genetics dictate your mood and mindset?

Chris Weller | 
Optimism and pessimism are not purely genetic: we have some control over our perception of the world ...
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Shutting down the extra chromosome in Down’s syndrome

Ed Yong | 
Researchers have shut down the third, extra, Down's-syndrome-causing copy of the 21st chromosome in human cells ...
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