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Epigenetic ‘Clocks’ Predict Animals’ True Biological Age

This time a year ago, Steve Horvath was looking for pangolin DNA. The ancient scaly anteater would be...

A GMO Purple Tomato Is Coming to Stores. Will the US Bite?

In December 2004, plant scientist Cathie Martin went to the greenhouse to check on her tomatoes. The tiny...

An Effort to ID Tulsa Race Massacre Victims Raises Privacy Issues

On the night of May 31, 1921, a white mob descended on the affluent Black neighborhood of Greenwood in...

‘Ticking away in the back of my mind’: what does it mean to know the risk embedded in your DNA?

M ortality has always been on Perry Jones’ mind, much more so than your average 20-something. She’s dealt...

Electric Fish Genomes Reveal How Evolution Repeats Itself

Along the murky bottom of the Amazon River, serpentine fish called electric eels scour the gloom for unwary frogs...

UK fertility watchdog considers laws for gene editing and lab-grown eggs

Human genome editing and lab-grown eggs that could theoretically allow same-sex couples to have biological children are among the...

Egg and Sperm Donors Could Be Required to Share Medical Records

Laura High’s hormones have been out of whack since she was as young as 13 years old. Her...

New GM soya beans give 25% greater yield in global food security boost

Genetically modified soya beans designed to absorb light more efficiently produced a 25% greater yield in an advance that...

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