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It’s an interesting take on the ethics of participating in clinical trials. People take part in this kind of research to aid the development...
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Digital Journal has reported on several developments in the field of genetics testing this year. For example, 23andMe, the personal genomics firm, has announced...
Life
The phrase “natural GM” is designed by the research group behind the discovery to be headline grabbing. Nonetheless, the discovery is of interest. Scientists...
Tech & Science
The nature or nurture debate has been running through science, both biology and psychology, for over a century. This debate centers on the relative...
Tech & Science
Of the various ‘ancient diseases’, one of the longest lasting (and arguably notorious) is leprosy (leprosy was recognized in the ancient civilizations of China,...
Tech & Science
Gene-editing technologies must not be used to edit human eggs, sperm, or embryos, and if such work has taken place, then it should stop...
Tech & Science
Scientists have produced the first “recombinant” spider silk that mimics the toughness of the natural material. Recombinant refers to the process of creating DNA...
Tech & Science
The debate has been whether European languages began south of the Black Sea or north of the Black Sea. The debate focused primarily on...
Tech & Science
A new study has shown that mice genetically enhanced to carry the human enhancer HARE5 had brains that developed more quickly and grew 12...
Tech & Science
The finches of the Galápagos islands (Archipiélago de Colón) have an important place in the history of biology. It was the study of finches...