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Gene Therapy Approvals Gain Steam in 2023: Treatments Offer New Hopes for Rare Diseases

After decades of intense scientific research into developing gene editing technologies, and more than a few setbacks, the field has produced a number of success stories in recent years, demonstrating that regulatory agencies...more

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The Further Elucidation of Domestic Dog Ancestry

An international cadre of scientists* from almost 70 institutions worldwide recently reported their findings in the scientific journal Nature that the domesticated dog (Canis familiaris) arose from two populations of...more

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Legal confusion on essentially derived varieties must be cleared up for the sake of innovation - Green light to gene-editing...

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As gene editing techniques come to the fore in the UK and elsewhere, industry increasingly needs clarity on the breeder's exception to plant variety rights. Originally published on IAM media.com on May 2022....more

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Getting Closer to a Definitive Biomarker for Parkinson’s Disease

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Parkinson’s disease is a devastating, incurable, progressive and degenerative neurological disease that affects movement. There are no biomarkers available and it is diagnosed by symptomology alone. Unfortunately, the...more

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Dire Wolf DNA Shows Distinct New World Lineage

The dire wolf (Canis dirus), prototype of the various wolves that were important members of the House Stark family of characters in Game of Thrones, was found uniquely in North America until its extinction in the late...more

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Molecular Mechanism for (In)Famous Warburg Effect in Cancer Elucidated

Cancer, the "Emperor of All Maladies" as it has been termed, has been studied for millennia.  President Nixon's "War on Cancer" resulted in slow but steady progress, aided by the biotechnology revolution, the development of...more

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Sequence Comparisons Illustrate Susceptibility to Coronavirus Infection

The pandemic caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is the most severe since the 1918 influenza pandemic (colloquially known as the Spanish Flu; see, J. Barry, The Great Influenza: The Story of...more

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Genetic Lesion Segregation Found in Chemically Induced Tumors in Mice

Genetic instability has long been recognized as a hallmark of oncogenesis and tumor progression. The phenomenon was first identified cytogenetically, most famously by the Philadelphia chromosome in chronic myelogenous...more

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Genetic Diversity and Relationships of Living and Extinct Lions

Lions (Panthera leo) once were a widely distributed group of terrestrial mammals, ranging during the Pleistocene (from about 2,580,000 to 11,700 years ago) in Eurasia, Africa, and North America, with species that included the...more

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Avocado Genome Elucidated

The avocado, having gained popularity (at least in the U.S.) as a convenient (and delicious) vehicle for consuming otherwise not particularly healthful corn chips, has more recently been hailed as a "superfood" when consumed...more

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FDA Cleared First DTC Genetic Tests for Health Risks

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Last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted marketing authorization for 23andMe’s Personal Genome Service (PGS) Test for 10 diseases or conditions. This was the first FDA authorization for a...more

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