Each dog has their own personality. What explains their unique temperaments?

Canine neuroscience: Exploring what shapes dog personalities

Anna Lamb | Harvard Gazette | 
Why do dogs behave so differently, even within their own breeds? Neuroscientist unlocking secrets of canine brain ...
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Viewpoint: Beyond marketing — Why claims that “organic = better” do not stand up to scrutiny

Anna Lamb, Robert Paarlberg | Harvard Gazette | 
Is organic food, grown without synthetic chemicals, healthier than conventionally grown food? Roughly 40 percent of Americans say at least some ...
Using cancer cells to kill tumors? Cell therapy engineered to eliminate and prevent brain cancer in advanced mouse model

Using cancer cells to kill tumors? Cell therapy engineered to eliminate and prevent brain cancer in advanced mouse model

Harvard Gazette | 
Researchers took advantage of living tumor cells' unique ability to travel long distances across the brain to return to the ...
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‘We can’t simply innovate our way out of danger’: Can biotechnology and other innovations help soften the blow of climate change?

Clea Simon | Harvard Gazette | 
Can technology save us from the worst effects of climate change? Probably not, reports a new study, “Does Directed Innovation ...
‘Existence of testosterone-based effects should not be an excuse for tolerating aggression, violence, discrimination or other ills’: How the ‘male hormone’ shapes behavior

‘Existence of testosterone-based effects should not be an excuse for tolerating aggression, violence, discrimination or other ills’: How the ‘male hormone’ shapes behavior

Alvin Powell | Harvard Gazette | 
Testosterone’s wide-reaching effects occur not just in the human body, but across society, powering acts of aggression, violence, and the ...
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Revamped CRISPR could be more accurate and effective against human diseases, including sickle cell anemia

Caitlin McDermott-Murphy | Harvard Gazette | 
CRISPR is not perfect. Base editors (think of them as gene-editing pencils) can rewrite individual DNA letters. They home in ...
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CRISPR creator Jennifer Doudna: It’s ‘important that ethical discussions keep pace with technology’

Alvin Powell | Harvard Gazette | 
Jennifer Doudna, the gene-editing pioneer whose breakthrough in CRISPR technology has taken the scientific world by storm, expressed surprise [May ...

Brain, gut microbiome connection may play role in multiple sclerosis

Haley Bridger | Harvard Gazette | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A team of investigators ...

Drug-delivery DNA cages

Dan Ferber | Harvard Gazette | 
Move over, nanotechnologists, and make room for the biggest of the small. Scientists at the Harvard’s Wyss Institute have built ...

Programming genetic code can lead to better designer genes

Dan Ferber | Harvard Gazette | 
Reprogramming bacteria to produce proteins for drugs, biofuels, and more, has long been part of the job for bioscientists, but ...
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Harvard scientists sequence entire genome from single cell

Peter Reuell | Harvard Gazette | 
The notion that police can identify a suspect based on the tiniest drop of blood or trace of tissue has ...

Stem cells need recovery time

Harvard Gazette | 
A new study describes the mechanism behind impaired muscle repair during aging and a strategy that may help rejuvenate aging ...
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