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Another year, no CRISPR Nobel Prize
[Editor's note: Aaron Dy is a PhD student in biological engineering at MIT.] To most of us, the question for ...
Being obese doesn’t always mean you are metabolically unhealthy
To date, countless epidemiological studies have shown that as you move from a normal weight (BMI = 18.5-24.9 kg/m2) towards ...
Is gene therapy research for single-gene diseases at risk under Trumpcare?
[When] the House of Representatives passed the American Health Care Act of 2017,...DNA Science addressed the possibility of the AHCA forcing ...
Is transgender identity linked to genetics?
Sex is set, or “determined,” when an X chromosome from an egg finds itself in a nucleus with an X ...