biotechnology
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L.A. Records No New Covid Deaths for First Time in Over a Year as Life Gets More Normal
Jennifer Lopez performs onstage during Global Citizen’s ‘VAX LIVE: The Concert to Reunite the World’ in Los Angeles County on…
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Chimeric Human-Monkey Embryos Kept Alive for a Record 19 Days
A chimeric human-monkey blastocyst. Building on previous experiments, an international team of scientists has created chimeric human-monkey embryos, which were…
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Geneticists Get Closer to a Complete Axolotl Genome
An axolotl in a regenerative therapy lab in Dresden in 2015.Photo: ROBERT MICHAEL/AFP (Getty Images) Its adorableness aside, the Mexican…
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U.S. Has Record-Breaking Day With 3.4 Million Vaccinations
Photo: Stephen Zenner (Getty Images) Today the U.S. administered a record-breaking one-day rate of 3.4 million vaccine doses, according to…
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Mouse Embryos Grow Successfully in Beakers, a Step Toward an Artificial Womb
Quivering with life, the developing mice moved ever-so-slightly in their vials. Just a few days since they were fertilized, the…
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Promising Gene Therapy Trials Suspended Over Potential Cancer Risk
Photo: Taimy Alvarez (AP) On Tuesday, Biotech company Bluebird suspended its trials of gene therapy as a treatment for blood-related disorders…
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Common DNA Testing Method Has High False-Positive Rate for Rare Mutations, Study Finds
Image: Mohamed Abdiwahab (Getty Images) Consumer DNA testing remains a booming industry, but new research released Monday suggests that it…
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