

New CRISPR Tools Can Cut, Splice Whole ChromosomesSeptember 3, 2019 |
The new tools will likely open the doors for scientists to explore many novel areas. With comments from our Alan Regenberg
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New CRISPR Tools Can Cut, Splice Whole ChromosomesSeptember 3, 2019 |
The new tools will likely open the doors for scientists to explore many novel areas. With comments from our Alan Regenberg
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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
Quick ReadThe All of Us study run by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland, has recruited 143,000 participants who have already taken surveys and visited a clinic to give blood and urine samples. Another 87,000 have at least registered for the study
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Medical DNA Sequencing Leads to Lawsuits and Legal QuestionsApril 29, 2019 |
The genome is static, but our ability to analyze it and interpret it is undergoing dramatic change,” said James Evans, a geneticist at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill
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Sooner or Later Your Cousin’s DNA Is Going to Solve a MurderApril 26, 2019 |
The Golden State Killer case was just the start. Hundreds of cold cases are hot again thanks to a new genealogy technique. The price may be everyone’s genetic privacy
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Post-Hong Kong: Human Genome Editing’s Brave New WorldApril 17, 2019 |
Watch now: The NAM & CSIS Commission on Strengthening America’s Health Security hosted a conversation on whether human germline genome editing should be permitted, the types of applications which might be appropriate, the standards and criteria that should be followed, and what regulatory or governance framework is needed. Panel includes our Jeffrey Kahn
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