In honor of Charles Darwin’s birthday today, and VD (Valentine’s Day) looming, I’m thinking about how we choose partners. A mobile dating…
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post Would Charles Darwin Have Used Tinder?
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post Remembering The Pre-Vaccine Era: The Diseases of Childhood
Many of us of a certain age have vivid memories of the “diseases of childhood.” We remember missing weeks of school, sky-high…
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post Surveying the Genomic Landscape of Modern Mammals
A study published today in Cell compares regulatory DNA sequences among 20 species of modern mammals, showcasing how mammalian genomes have found new…
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post From GMOs to GROs: Will Life Find a Way?
A pair of papers in this week’s Nature introduces GROs — “genomically recoded organisms” — whose altered genetic code makes them require…
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post New Miracle Drugs: What Would You Pay?
Levi Collazo, a biology major at Southwestern Oklahoma State University, has cystic fibrosis (CF). “In the first photo, I was making fun…
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post Adult Polyglucosan Body Disease (APBD): A Diagnostic Challenge
When Susan Coddon, a member of the board of directors of the Adult Polyglucosan Body Disease Research Foundation (APBDRF) e-mailed me a…
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post Why I Dislike “Best of” Lists and Eman Update from Liberia
I’m not a big fan of end-of-the-year lists, such as the “top-10-scientific-achievements of the year” and the “top-10-genetics-stories-for-2014.” Science shouldn’t…
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post How to Use the Genetic Code for Passwords
Need a password for a new device or service? Try the genetic code. Messenger RNA triplets and the amino acids they…
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post Sequencing Kids’ Exomes: More Good News
“Exome” hasn’t yet entered the normal lexicon, like genome has. Yesterday, for example, I wore my clinical exome T-shirt from Ambry Genetics to…
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post James Watson On “Genetic Losers”
I’m thrilled that Christie’s decided to auction off James Watson’s Nobel prize on a Thursday, DNA Science posting day! I’ve got some great…
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post Nailing a New Niche of Stem Cells
If my mother-in-law hadn’t just yanked off a toenail, I might not have noticed the news release from researchers at the University…
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post When Mutation Counters Infection: From Sickle Cell to Ebola
While pharmaceutical companies focus on drug discovery for Ebola virus disease, a powerful clue is coming from a rare “Jewish genetic disease&rdquo…