Whom do we hold accountable in science?
Mark Felt, Sherron Watkins, Daniel Ellsberg – these are just a few of the many whistleblowers who’ve made an impact on U.S. history. These are
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CRISPR
No bioinformatics experience required to use new CRISPR data analytical tool
It’s a new, more sensitive and accurate, quicker and more user friendly way to model CRISPR data. Developed in the lab of Dr. Zhandong Liu,
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Black Mirror: Good TV, bad policy?
I love Black Mirror in the way I love long-distance running: I’m not sure why I’m doing it, the experience is usually painful, but when
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A simpler, faster CRISPR
CRISPR technologies can be programmed to target specific sequences of genetic code and to edit DNA at precise locations. This strategy allows research scientists to
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Licensing ‘CRISPR’ patents to promote public interests
Designer babies. Super soldiers. Unstable ecosystems. These are just a few of the feared outcomes from uncontrolled application of the new gene-editing technology known as
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