aweGene | 15 April
The news last November that a rogue Chinese scientist had genetically altered the embryos of a pair of Chinese twins shocked the world. But although this use
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aweGene | 14 April
Ageing is inevitable and is influenced by many things – but keeping active can slow ageing and increase life expectancy. Evidence shows that
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aweGene | 12 April
Food… What we eat, and how we grow it, will be fundamentally transformed in the next decade.Already, vertical farming is projected to exceed a US$12
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aweGene | 09 April
Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, recently announced a $3 billion effort to cure all disease during the lifetime of their daughter, Max.
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aweGene | 09 April
Much mystery surrounds the physiological processes by which humans age, but scientists are learning more all the time. With this knowledge come new
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aweGene | 09 April
Biomedical engineers at Duke University have used a previously unexplored CRISPR technology to accurately regulate and edit genomes in human cells.With this
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aweGene | 08 April
Scientists love analogies. We use them continually to communicate our scientific approaches and discoveries.As an immunologist, it strikes me that many of our
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aweGene | 07 April
Scientists used a computer program to uncover more than 1 million molecules that could potentially store genetic information, just like DNA.DNA and its
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aweGene | 06 April
As technologies like single-cell genomic sequencing, enhanced biomedical imaging, and medical “internet of things” devices proliferate, key discoveries about
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aweGene | 05 April
Aging is reversible.It’s still a somewhat controversial idea in humans. Yet recent attempts at delaying - or even reversing - diseases that pop up with age in
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aweGene | 02 April
Is there anything CRISPR can’t do? Scientists have wielded the gene-editing tool to make scores of genetically modified organisms, as well as to
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aweGene | 01 April
What if our homes were alive? I don’t mean smart homes with the disembodied voice of Alexa deciding the setting for your living room spotlights. I
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