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Finding echoes of cancer journey in Netflix’s Black Mirror: Bandersnatch

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The 'choose your own path' nature of Bandersnatch echoes a journey with breast cancer ...
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I’m a geneticist. A DNA test uncovered a half-sister and sparked painful questions

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My own discovery is so overwhelming that I can’t talk about it much, even though my new half-sister has possibly ...
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Genetics pioneer James Watson stripped of final honorary titles over race views

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It's the latest chapter of the dark side of Dr. Watson ...
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Selling yourself: There’s a growing market for your DNA data

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Citizen scientists are supplying the data stream to drive precision medicine ...
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Viewpoint: Putting CRISPR babies in context—learning from the past instead of panicking in the present

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The brouhaha against the gene-edited twins echoes recent history of alternative reproductive technologies ...
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Hiding in plain sight: Exploring Parkinson’s link to the appendix

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Lurking in the layers of the human appendix lie deposits of alpha-synuclein, a protein prone to gumminess, like sticky rice ...
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Genes and giraffes: What do those spots tell us?

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Giraffes' spotty exterior provides more than camouflage ...
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Not-so-mad scientists and why they’re making human body parts

Genetic Literacy Project | 
Halloween brings a cornucopia of candy body parts, so it’s a good time to review recent advances in organoid technology ...
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Why we may need a ‘Noah’s Ark’ of microbes to protect our health in the future

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Preserving human microbiomes today, especially the more diverse ones from traditional peoples in developing nations, may provide treatments for diseases ...
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‘Voluntary euthanasia’: Are we ready to harvest organs while donors are still alive?

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In the dystopian society of Nobel prizewinner Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go, cloned people are raised to provide organs for ...
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Gene silencing through RNA interference scores first drug approval

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The Food and Drug Administration recently approved the first drug based on RNA interference (RNAi). Unlike media darlings gene therapy ...
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Were there two migration routes into North America? Genetics meets archaeology

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Popular accounts of the peopling of North America paint a picture of a lone long-ago trek across the Bering Land ...
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DNA testing to reunite separated families—what we learned from the grandmothers of Argentina

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The idea to use DNA testing to reunite families separated at US borders due to the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” ...
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Alternate facts: Why are we still telling women that abortion causes breast cancer?

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On June 26th, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of crisis pregnancy centers that were challenging a California law, the Reproductive ...
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Battling constipation with synthetic biology and DNA manipulation

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Ateam of researchers has cleverly combined synthetic biology, recombinant DNA technology and microbiome manipulation to fashion a novel targeted treatment ...
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Viewpoint: Why we aren’t yet on the verge of a preemie prediction test

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Earlier this month, I saw an interesting juxtaposition of newly-published papers making headlines. One was about predicting breast cancer recurrence ...
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Can the Egyptian fruit bat’s unusual genome show us how to fight deadly Marburg virus?

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The Egyptian fruit bat's immune system enables it to peacefully co-exist with Marburg virus, which can cause a swiftly deadly ...
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Quick fix: Gene therapy could offer less invasive pet contraception

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Might gene therapy provide a one-time, far less invasive way to ensure that cats and dogs do not beget kittens ...
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Making sense of crowdfunding for unapproved stem cell treatments

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When FDA approval for a technology or treatment lags behind demand, crowdfunding steps in. Desperate patients or their families launch ...
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Genetic privacy and the case of the Golden State Killer—diving into the science

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Consumer DNA testing companies are rushing to reassure customers about the security of their genetic information following news that DNA ...
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Protein therapy in the womb overrides genetic glitch hampering teeth development, ability to sweat

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Imagine a fetus gulping in amniotic fluid and drinking a drug that restores the ability to form teeth, sweat glands ...
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Tale of two families: Exome sequencing and faster diagnosis of rare disorders

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Sailing from New York City to London a century ago took days; today the trip takes hours by air. Similarly, ...
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Viewpoint: Rampage movie offers twisted take on CRISPR gene editing

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Is a film based on a video game with fleeting mentions of a biotech buzzword compelling sci-fi? No. But I ...
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Mood disorders more common in children of first-cousin parents, study finds

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Having parents who are first cousins doubles the risk of inheriting a single-gene condition, from 2.5 percent to about 5 ...
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Examining the curious genes behind ‘magic mushrooms’

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"One pill makes you larger, and one pill makes you small,” sang Grace Slick in Jefferson Airplane’s classic White Rabbit, conjuring ...
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Here’s what we really know about transgender genetics—so far

Genetic Literacy Project | 
The week started strangely. On [March 19], the author of a new book on transgender identity emailed me, asking about ...
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Fertility clinic meltdown: What happens when slumbering eggs are awakened early

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Fragile spindle apparatuses are an integral part to embryonic growth. What happened to embryo structures when they were thawed and ...
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Space astronaut twin’s DNA ‘changed’? How some reports botched the story, and what we really know

Genetic Literacy Project | 
When the Today Show reported on March 15 that the DNA of Scott Kelly, who spent a year on the ...
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