Kat McGowan
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DNA sequencing for mass data collection may lower consumer costs to zero
A well-organized, highly curated database of genetic data from millions of people is a potential goldmine for drug company researchers ...
Gene editing could end cruelty to dehorned dairy cows–unless GMO opponents derail it
Most of the roughly 9 million dairy cows in the United States have been dehorned—with an iron, clippers, or caustic ...
Creativity more imitation than innovation
In today’s world, inventors are our heroes and our saviours – the geniuses who keep the world economy surging forward, ...
Most mutations in the human genome are recent and probably harmful
We really are a mutant race. Our genomes are strewn with millions of rare gene variations, the result of the ...
