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Newly-discovered microbes could save endangered plants from extinction

Amber Dance | Science News | 
One fine Hawaiian day in 2015, Geoff Zahn and Anthony Amend set off on an eight-hour hike .... The two ...
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Could a good night’s sleep ‘clear away’ Alzheimer’s plaques from our brains?

Laura Biel | Science News | 
Neuroscientist Barbara Bendlin studies the brain as Alzheimer’s disease develops. When she goes home, she tries to leave her work ...
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Making CAR-T cancer treatments less risky with ‘safety switches’ and precision targeting

Laurel Hamers | Science News | 
A majority of patients who receive CAR-T cell therapy react [with] varying degrees of severity. Those same T cells that ...
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Consumer genetic tests and loss of privacy: ‘It’s often the price you pay’

Cassie Martin | Science News | 
For a few hundred dollars and a spit sample, you too could take a journey of genetic self-discovery. You may ...
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Here’s what you get from 3 very different at-home genetic tests

Tina Saey | Science News | 
For health testing, I sent spit samples to 23andMe, Genos and Veritas Genetics, three companies that represent the various levels of DNA testing available ...
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Early North American settlers brought dogs more than 10,000 year ago

Bruce Bower | Science News | 
A trio of dogs buried at two ancient human sites in Illinois lived around 10,000 years ago, making them the oldest ...
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What was CRISPR before humans ‘discovered’ it for use in gene editing?

Rosie Mestel | Science News | 
[T]here is a less sequins-and-glitter side to CRISPR that’s just as alluring to anyone thirsty to understand the natural world ...
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Homo sapiens may only have appeared 300,000 years ago, and evolved modern features gradually

Bruce Bower | Science News | 
Human origins are notoriously tough to pin down. Fossil and genetic studies in 2017 suggested a reason why: No clear ...
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2017: The year gene therapy became a ‘clinical reality’

Laurel Hamers | Science News | 
This year, gene therapy finally became a clinical reality. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved two personalized treatments that ...
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Stressed out? It could alter your sperm

Laura Sanders | Science News | 
Sperm from stressed-out dads can carry that stress from one generation to another. “But one question that really hasn’t been ...
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What makes a female? How XX embryos destroy male reproductive tissue

Tina Saey | Science News | 
A protein called COUP-TFII is necessary to eliminate male reproductive tissue from female mouse embryos, researchers report in the Aug. 18 Science. For ...
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How do you define ‘species’? Turns out, it’s not so easy

Susan Milius | Science News | 
At first glance, “species” is a basic vocabulary word school children can ace on a test by reciting something close ...
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Why hunter-gatherer civilizations did not destroy themselves through inbreeding

Bruce Bower | Science News | 
Much like hunter-gatherers today, ancient Eurasians married outside their home groups and formed webs of friends and in-laws vital for ...
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Air pollution, while abating in most places, poses ‘greatest threat to public health?’

Laura Biel | Science News | 
Even with vast improvements in air quality since the ’70s, people haven’t stopped dying from the air they breathe. An ...
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Brain ‘flexibility’ could help explain why people learn differently

Laura Sanders | Science News | 
As a person learns, connections between brain regions can change. Some neural partners connect, then split apart […]; others form ...
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CRISPR red flag? Gene drives may not always work as advertised

Tina Hesman Saey | Science News | 
A genetic-engineering tool designed to spread through a population like wildfire — eradicating disease and even whole invasive species — ...
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Origins of man’s best friend: Dogs likely domesticated only once, likely in Asia

Tina Hesman Saey | Science News | 
New data from ancient dogs indicates that dogs became distinct from wolves between 20,000 and 40,000 years ago, researchers report ...
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No longer ‘dead’: Our bones communicate through hormones with brain, other organs

Cassie Martin | Science News | 
In addition to providing structural support, the skeleton is a versatile conversationalist. Bones make hormones that chat with other organs ...
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Climate change may speed up pest’s tolerance of insect-resistant GM Bt corn

Susan Milius | Science News | 
Climate change might be great news for pests looking to munch on genetically modified crops, researchers propose. In particular, researchers ...
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Building a face ‘bit by bit’: Human recognition by monkeys

Laurel Hamers | Science News | 
A monkey’s brain builds a picture of a human face somewhat like a Mr. Potato Head — piecing it together ...
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How humans and chimps diverged: DNA parasite ‘jumping genes’ played key role

Tina Hesman Saey | Science News | 
Face-to-face, a human and a chimpanzee are easy to tell apart. The two species share a common primate ancestor, but ...
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CRISPR’s long ‘natural history’ in microbes predated its recent ‘miracle’ applications

Rosie Mestel | Science News | 
It is the dazzling star of the biotech world: a powerful new tool that can deftly and precisely alter the ...
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DNA markers can help explain children’s reading ability

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An international team of scientists from the United Kingdom, the United States, and Sweden has used a genetic scoring technique ...
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Fighting Zika: DNA vaccines may offer new weapon against virus

Meghan Rosen | Science News | 
[In August 2016], scientists injected a [DNA] vaccine for Zika virus into a human being...Unlike some traditional methods, DNA vaccines ...
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Rice plants could be genetically tweaked to tame arsenic found in soil, reducing risk for humans

Laurel Hamers | Science News | 
Rooted in place, plants can’t run away from arsenic-tainted soil — but they’re far from helpless. Scientists have identified enzymes ...
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CRISPR enters period of creative redesigns and gene editing upgrades

Tina Saey | Science News | 
Scientists usually shy away from using the word miracle — unless they’re talking about...CRISPR/Cas9. ... Even with all the genetic ...
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Gene drive’s fatal flaw could become its biggest advantage

Tina Saey | Science News | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Gene drives have worked ...

Scientists celebrate 100th anniversary of DNA double helix discovery

Tom Siegfried | Science News | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. When Francis Crick was ...
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