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Companies are trying to use your DNA and bacteria to give you personalized...
In our never-ending quest to get healthy, there's a constant, nagging hope that we'll find a hidden key to fitness — some trick or piece of information that finally makes it easy to look and feel how...
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A fertility doctor wants to help older women get pregnant using a...
A U.S. fertility doctor has started a company with a provocative vision for older women: become pregnant by having their DNA shifted into a young woman’s egg.The company, Darwin Life, was quietly...
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The London fire may have destroyed much of the DNA evidence needed to ID victims
LONDON (AP) — The devastating fire that struck a high-rise tower in London may have been so powerful that it destroyed much of the DNA evidence needed to identify its victims.As firefighters keep...
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A company used a sample of my DNA to tell me how I should eat and work out —...
Olympic medalist Andrew Steele knows that our current knowledge about genetics isn't enough to give complete predictions about health.Nevertheless the company where he is Head of Product, DNAFit, is...
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Scientists filmed DNA replication for the first time, and the results could...
Here's proof of how far we've come in science - in a world-first, researchers have recorded up-close footage of a single DNA molecule replicating itself, and it's raising questions about how we assumed...
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Ancient DNA reveals how cats conquered the world
Humans may have had pet cats for as long as 9,500 years. In 2004, archaeologists in Cyprus found a complete cat skeleton buried in a Stone Age village. Given that Cyprus has no native wildcats, the...
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This Cornell scientist saved an $11-million industry — and ignited the GMO wars
It started with rotting flesh.Slicing into the green skin of a Hawaiian papaya ordinarily yields juicy, salmon-colored fruit that's almost custard-like in its consistency and sweetness. But in the...
View ArticleFirst ever close-up footage of DNA replication will have experts rewriting...
For the first time, scientists have recorded DNA replication in real time. The scientists extracted DNA from E. coli bacteria, dyed it, and then watched the DNA replicate itself. The footage, alone, is...
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Peter Thiel gave $100,000 to the scientists trying to resurrect the woolly...
Woolly mammoths could be coming to a park near you sometime before 2027, thanks to funding from PayPal founder and tech luminary Peter Thiel.That's according to a new book by Ben Mezrich called...
View ArticleThis 90-second animation will change your perception of the human body
The human body is a remarkably complex machine, so it would make sense that it houses an abundance of DNA – the blueprints that help guide the body's growth and repair. But how much DNA do our bodies...
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Scientists have managed to put a GIF inside a living organism's DNA
The promise of using DNA as storage means you could conceivably save every photo you've ever taken, your entire iTunes library, and all 839 episodes of Doctor Who in a tiny molecule invisible to the...
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A DNA-testing startup just launched an 'app store' for genetics
DNA testing startup Helix has launched an "app store" for your genetic code with a number of partners offering tests on its new platform.The company and its launch partners are coming out with 20 tests...
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In a first, scientists have edited the DNA of human embryos that could turn...
In a step that some of the nation’s leading scientists have long warned against and that has never before been accomplished, biologists in Oregon have edited the DNA of viable human embryos efficiently...
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A tiny part of the brain could orchestrate the whole body’s aging, suggests a...
Why do we age? It’s a seemingly simple question that nonetheless scientists don’t have a great answer to. Some amount of aging seems to be controlled by our genetic makeup, while other evidence shows...
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Scientists have edited the DNA of human embryos using CRISPR – now we need to...
The announcement by researchers in Portland, Oregon that they’ve successfully modified the genetic material of a human embryo took some people by surprise.With headlines referring to “groundbreaking”...
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Scientists edited the DNA of human embryos that could become people for the...
A team of scientists from the US, China, and South Korea successfully altered the DNA of human embryos that could theoretically become people for the first time in history.They successfully altered a...
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Scientists are studying 10,000 people to find 'born-this-way' links to gender...
NEW YORK — While President Donald Trump has thrust transgender people back into the conflict between conservative and liberal values in the United States, geneticists are quietly working on a major...
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FDA cracks down on doctor who created a 3-parent baby
The New York-based doctor who helped a couple have a child using DNA from three people has been told by the US Food and Drug Administration that he can't go ahead with clinical trials meant to test the...
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A suspect accused of burglary took a bathroom break, and left DNA evidence...
VENTURA, Calif. (AP) — Investigators say a suspect accused of burglarizing a Southern California home took a bathroom break and left DNA evidence in the toilet that led to his arrest.Detective Tim...
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White nationalists are flocking to genetic ancestry tests — but many don't...
It was a strange moment of triumph against racism: The gun-slinging white supremacist Craig Cobb, dressed up for daytime TV in a dark suit and red tie, hearing that his DNA testing revealed his...
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