Credit: Gabriela Sanda from Pixabay Temperatures are getting cooler and days are getting shorter—fall is definitely here. With the dawn of October, many are ready for the month-long campaign devoted to raising awareness for women’s health. While pink ribbons and highlights in advancements in breast cancer research may abound in the coming weeks, a recent … Continue reading Newly identified gene variant may render hormonal birth control less effective
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One Year After Gene-Edited Babies
Credit: PublicDomainPictures from Pixabay Almost one year ago, Dr. He Jiankui at the Southern University of Science and Technology in Shenzhen, China announced to the world he had used gene editing on human embryos resulting in the birth of a set of twins: “Lulu” and “Nana”. Jiankui claimed to have used CRISPR, a gene editing … Continue reading One Year After Gene-Edited Babies
Exploring the Gene Myth
The following post is the first in our series of entries submitted for the 1st Annual Lions Talk Science Blog Award. This piece is by Lina Jamis, a student in the Anatomy Graduate Program. Researchers who study genetic interactions—of which there are thousands currently under study and billions more to be studied—often find themselves trying … Continue reading Exploring the Gene Myth
