All posts tagged "Genetic Modification"
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1.1KHealth NewsHuman-Sheep Hybrids May Hold Key To Human Organs For Transplants
In a step towards growing human organs in animals, scientists have created the first human-sheep hybrids. This approach could someday provide organs...
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1.0KHealth NewsGene-Editing In Cloned Embryos Shows Possibility Of Preventing Rare Diseases
Researchers in China are using new methods to fix genetic diseases in human embryos by cloning embryos with a mutation for a...
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2.7KBusiness NewsGenetically Modified Pigs Take First Step Towards Being Organ Donors For Humans
Genetically modified pigs may soon be able to help with the shortage in organs for transplant, according to US scientists. A team...
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1.1KHealth NewsFirst Gene Editing In Human Embryos In The US
In a first for the United States, scientists have used technology that allows genes to be modified in a human embryo, according...
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1.2KHealth NewsScientists ‘Rewriting’ Yeast Genome To Create Man-Made DNA
Scientists are attempting to cook up man-made, custom-built DNA using yeast cultures. If they succeed, this means humans can now make life...
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1.6KHealth NewsChina And The USA In A Race To Apply Gene-Editing Technique On Cancer Patients
Chinese researchers have made scientific history at the first to have injected a person with genetically-modified cells, triggering what one doctors describes...
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2.3KScience NewsCRISPR/Cas9 And Its Implications On Modern Genetics
The issue of gene modification has always been a point of discussion around the world, not just due to its scientific uses...
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3.9KScience NewsChicken Genetically Modified By Scientists To Grow A Dinosaur’s Beak
Scientists have gained some valuable new insight regarding the evolution of bird beaks, thanks to a process through which a chicken’s genes...
