
DNA
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Courtesy of The Francis Crick Institute 5:00pm Sep 20, 2017National National Science Health & SafetyResearchers disabled a gene that they think helps determine which human embryos will develop normally. The technique they used is controversial because it could be used to change babies' DNA. -
Christina Chung for NPR 4:00pm Aug 10, 2017World News World News National ReligionWhen 'Where Are You From?' Takes You Someplace Unexpected
The "DNA Discussion Project" brings students, staff and faculty at West Chester University together to learn about their genetic heritage. For some people, the revelations are hard to digest. -
Courtesy of OHSU 10:33pm Aug 02, 2017National National Science Health & SafetyScientists Precisely Edit DNA In Human Embryos To Fix A Disease Gene
In experimental embryos, scientists were able to repair the gene that causes a serious heart disorder. More research is needed to confirm the method would produce healthy babies, they say. -
JGI/Tom Grill / Getty Images/Blend Images 5:00am Apr 08, 2017National National Science Health & SafetyA Baby With 3 Genetic Parents Seems Healthy, But Questions Remain
A baby who was conceived through an experimental procedure designed to prevent a deadly disease appears to be healthy. But some potentially defective DNA remains. Will it affect his health long term? -
Dennis Kunkel Microscopy/Science Source 2:03pm Mar 09, 2017National National Science Health & SafetyScientists Closer To Creating A Fully Synthetic Yeast Genome
An international consortium of researchers has synthesized about a third of the genetic code of baker's yeast. It's an important milestone in science's quest to create complex "synthetic life." -
Margie Mason / AP 2:17pm Feb 17, 2017World News World NewsNorth Korea Demands Malaysia Release Body Of Kim Jong Un's Half-Brother
Malaysian officials did an autopsy on the body of Kim Jong Nam, who died in Kuala Lumpur under mysterious circumstances, but haven't released the results. Pyongyang says it won't accept the findings. -
Jes Burns / Oregon Public Broadcasting/EarthFix 7:00am Jan 29, 2017National National Science EnvironmentCan New DNA Science Help Keep Our Fish Safe?
Scientists are experimenting with species' environmental DNA to find out how far and how fast it travels in streams. The technology is starting to revolutionize how we protect native animals. -
Andy Kropa / AP 1:10pm Jan 09, 2017World News World News National17 Reportedly Arrested In Connection To Kim Kardashian West Robbery
The robbers escaped with more than $10 million in jewels. "They're going to shoot me in the back," the reality star recalled thinking. "There's no way out. ... It makes me so upset to think about it." -
Roger Tabor 1:00pm Jan 06, 2017Science ScienceA Neighborhood On A Crayfish
If you're a crayfish, North Carolina is where it’s at. In general, the state is among the most biologically-diverse for several reasons. Additionally, there are a couple of thoughts as to why we live in the Mudbug Mecca. In a way, crayfish are islands unto themselves. Most species carry with them Branchiobdellida, a species of worm that live life on the clawed critter.
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Bence Viola / Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology 4:39pm Jan 04, 2017National National Science Health & SafetyDust To Dust: Scientists Find DNA Of Human Ancestors In Cave Floor Dirt
Anthropologists in Germany say they may not need old bones to recover ancient DNA. They just analyze dust from the floor of caves where Neanderthals and other now-extinct human relatives once resided. -
Zappys Technology Solutions ( https://www.flickr.com/photos/102642344@N02/ ) 12:00pm Dec 30, 2016Science ScienceThe Predictive Power Of The Junk In Your Genome
You are you because of a unique combination of your parents’ genes, coded into the strands of DNA molecules, coiled tightly around an “X-shaped” structure. This is a chromosome, and you have 23 pairs of them, deep down in the nucleus of all 37 trillion cells in your body.
Dr. Beth Sullivan, Associate Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology at Duke University, studies chromosome rearrangements in her lab and how they may cause disease.
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Sally Anscombe / Getty Images 6:35pm Dec 15, 2016World News World News Science Health & SafetyU.K. Fertility Clinics Can Now Apply For Licenses To Create 3-Parent Babies
Last year, lawmakers legalized a medical procedure that combines DNA from three people. Now, fertility clinics can apply for a license to practice the technique "in certain, specific cases."