April 26, 2016

Weekly Biomedicine Newsletter

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Big genome study fails to locate fountain of youth

Study of exceptionally healthy old people fails to trace their well-being to specific genes.

 
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How new kinds of genetically engineered crops are skirting government regulation

Uncertainty about future regulations clouds the future of agricultural biotechnology in the U.S.

 
 

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Why beneficial epidemics spread more quickly than harmful ones

Complexity theorists and biologists reveal how benefits spread super-exponentially through populations.

 
 

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The unregulated GMOs coming your way

New foods like a mushroom altered with CRISPR gene editing are falling outside the purview of regulators.

 
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Featured Story

Bill Gates sees CRISPR gene drive eradicating mosquitoes in Africa by 2029

A genetic technology that can kill off mosquito species could eradicate malaria. But is it too risky to ever use?

 
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