The year is 2060. As part of your family planning, you see a geneticist. They ask you what traits you would like your baby to have. What do you prioritize?…
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Continue ReadingWe all know it’s hard to say goodbye to a beloved dog, but is cloning pups the answer? Here we dive into the science of canine cloning and its ethical implications (complete with cute puppy pictures).
Continue ReadingA key part of the fight against climate change is to reduce greenhouse gases (GHGs). So, when a massive corporation reduces their emissions by an amount equivalent to taking 900,000…
Continue ReadingImagine a future in which we can edit genes like a sentence in Microsoft Word. We could highlight, delete, and correct a section of a gene known to cause disease,…
Continue ReadingEarlier this year, scientists from the Belmonte lab at the Salk Institute (La Jolla, CA) reported the first successful grafting of human stem cells into pig embryos. In other words, they were…
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