
Just north of Medellín, the discovery of a disease-causing mutation in a previously unstudied family is rewriting history and upending racial myths
Quick ReadJust north of Medellín, the discovery of a disease-causing mutation in a previously unstudied family is rewriting history and upending racial myths
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“What’s My Real Identity?”May 22, 2019 |
Someone questioned his Japanese ancestry. So Kim, 34, took out his phone and consulted the 23andMe website. That’s when he discovered his ethnic identity had changed. The site that once told him he was about 40% Japanese now pegged that figure at 5%. He was, in an instant, fully Korean again
Quick ReadOur Jeffrey Kahn joins panelists at a symposium cohosted by the Berman Institute and the New York Stem Cell Foundation with support from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation. Watch now:
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Getting to Know YouMay 15, 2019 |
The power direct-to-consumer giants have to understanding our genetics
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The Trouble With Fathering 114 KidsMay 14, 2019 |
Matteo, 25, a suitor on The Bachelorette, says he is a sperm donor with 114 kids—is that too many? The US has never considered this issue a necessary one to regulate. While countries such as the UK, Germany, and the Netherlands limit how many children a single donor can have
Quick ReadThe concern is largely ethical. The reality is that biologists probably couldn’t produce designer babies even if they wanted to
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From Protégée to WhistleblowerMay 1, 2019 |
A former Theranos scientist says Elizabeth Holmes should ‘come forward and apologize’. She joined Theranos fresh out of Berkeley, a self-described “starry-eyed’’ 22-year-old chemist and biologist who saw Elizabeth Holmes as a role model: the CEO who would revolutionize the blood testing industry
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