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Bill Gates: AI, gene editing could help us reach global health goals ‘exponentially’ faster

Yahoo News | 
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has been working to improve the state of global health through his nonprofit foundation for 20 ...
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Agricultural Research Service rescinds order barring its scientists from contact with public

Geek Wire | 
U.S. Department of Agriculture officials have rescinded an order that barred its researchers from releasing “public-facing documents,” ranging from news releases ...
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Genes show dogs are descendants of now-extinct wolf breed

NBC News | 
The latest genetic study to trace the origins of dogs confirms the view that they were domesticated by hunter-gatherers at ...

Genomics pioneer Craig Venter warns about careless biohackers

NBC News | 
In his latest book, genetic guru J. Craig Venter envisions a brave new world where DNA can be teleported between ...

Slave descendant’s genetic quest leads to African apology

NBC News | 
African-American businessman William Holland's ancestors were subjected to slavery in Virginia — but they were handed over into slavery by ...
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Scientist find living genetic relatives of ancient iceman

NBC News | 
No next-of-kin was around to claim the frozen 5,300-year-old body of Ötzi the Iceman when it was found in the ...
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James Watson’s genetic prescription: Have kids early

NBC News | 
In his latest, potentially controversial, statement, James Watson urges parents to have kids early and chastises older parents ...

Biotech meets DIY hacker culture in Seattle

MSNBC | 
The following is an edited excerpt. Right now it's a storeroom filled to the ceiling with cardboard boxes and cast-off ...
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Hacking biotechnology: Do-it-yourself wonders and worries

NBC News | 
What happens when you mix the do-it-yourself ethos of hacker culture with the ethically and emotionally fraught landscape of biotechnology? ...

Disease-fighters disrupt mosquito’s genes with molecular scissors

NBC News | 
The following is an edited excerpt. Scientists at Virginia Tech have disrupted the genes that control eye color in mosquitoes, ...

African-American’s Y chromosome sparks shift in evolutionary timetable

NBC News | 
The following is an excerpt. Scientists say an African-American male's odd genetic signature suggests that the human Y chromosome's lineage goes back ...

Book: How synthetic biology will reinvent nature and ourselves

NBC News | 
In the future, genetically modified organisms could be making our medicines, our fuel, our housewares, our houses — and they ...
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Is Elvis in your children’s DNA future? Furor develops over possible use of ‘celebrity’ genes

NBC News | 
A British artist’s plan to create a mouse with Elvis Presley’s DNA as part of a larger project to exploit ...
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What is life? Follow the bits

MSNBC | 
The debate over the definition of life is getting messier and messier, but one of the pioneers on the biochemical ...
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