This 50,000-year-old DNA changes what we know about ancient human history
A new paper on ancient DNA (aDNA) posits that every person on the planet is descended from hunter-gatherers in Africa. The study was published last …
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Mind-blowing drug trials show it’s possible to reverse biological age
The relentless march of time will eventually claim all of our lives — or at least that’s the reality we’ve all come to expect. Short …
New gene-editing technique shows promise in negating bad mutations
We’ve all heard a lot about genetic modification this year, thanks in large part to one Chinese scientist taking it upon himself to edited the …
Doctors are sick and tired of at-home ‘cancer screening’ kits that send people into a panic over nothing
There are probably a lot of things that annoy doctors. Patients diving into symptom-tracking websites like WebMD and convincing themselves they have a dire illness …
Scientists say genetically modified babies will have shorter lives
In late 2018 a Chinese scientist name He Jiankui performed work that has gained him not only the criticism of his peers but also backlash …
Teenage ‘biohacker’ injects himself with DNA translations of the Bible and Koran
The relentless march of technology has made it possible for people do some interesting things to their own bodies, but injecting potentially harmful DNA just …
Chinese scientist says he’s edited babies’ genes to resist HIV, but many remain skeptical
The world’s first genetically modified babies were recently born in China… or maybe they weren’t. That’s the story coming out of the country today as …
Study says over half of US citizens can be hunted down with a drop of their DNA
If you’ve ever succumbed to the temptation to have your DNA sequenced by a genealogy company you probably learned some pretty interesting things about your …
Scientists traced the genetic quirk that gives huskies blue eyes
Many dog species have specific features that give them away. Bull terriers have long, flat noses, dalmatians have their iconic spots, and pugs look like …
Scientists are about to hunt for the Loch Ness Monster’s DNA, but they’re not exactly hopeful
Once one of the hottest mythical creatures on the block, the Loch Ness Monster has fallen out of favor in recent years. Sightings of the …
Woman says mail-away DNA test revealed that her parents’ fertility doctor is her biological father
Remember, male doctors, it’s always a bad idea to inseminate patients having fertility issues with your own sperm unless your patients give consent. It may …
Actually, Astronaut Scott Kelly’s DNA was not altered in space
NASA astronaut Scott Kelly spent nearly a year in space so the agency could study the long-term effects on the human body, in preparation for …
China sprints ahead of the US in DNA dabbling with over 80 CRISPR patients and rising
Modern medicine is an amazing thing, but when we start talking about tweaking our DNA things start to sound a little scary. The potentially frightening …
Researchers recreate 200-year-old man’s genome using only DNA from his living relatives
Hans Jonatan was born in St. Croix more than 200 years ago in 1784. His mother Emilia Regina was a house slave on the island, …
An entire family in Italy can’t feel physical pain, and scientists finally have an answer
If you’ve ever stubbed your toe on a coffee table in the dead of night you know just how awesome it would be to switch …
NASA might actually modify the DNA of astronauts going to Mars
Astronauts are some of the bravest men and women on the face of the planet, but the first crew to venture past the Moon and …
Scientists in Oregon take first step towards ‘designer babies’ by editing human embryo DNA
The topic of editing human DNA is one that has led to heated debate within the scientific, research, and medical communities for some time now. …
Scientists code a movie, PC software, and $50 Amazon gift card onto DNA
DNA makes us what we are, and it holds a ton of information about each and every one of us. Scientists have been slowly making …
Microsoft’s futuristic storage solution can hold 1,000,000,000 TB
Bickering about the paltry amount of storage on the cheapest new iPhone might become a thing of the past… at some point in the distant …
Couple pays $100,000 for puppies cloned from their dead dog’s DNA
We all love our pets but how many of us love them enough to pay $100,000 to get cloned versions of them after they pass …
Startup to begin editing humans’ DNA in 2017
We’re not quite ready to alter human DNA on a massive scale, but there are means to edit genes in some parts of the body such …
Scientists have created a new breed of stronger, faster dogs using DNA manipulation
If you’ve ever read recent dystopian sci-fi books such as Margaret Atwood’s Oryx and Crake or Paolo Bacigalupi’s The Windup Girl, you’d know that one of their common …
Breakthrough data storage innovation: One DNA molecule can store tons of data for 1M years
Genetic information stored in DNA molecules makes life on Earth possible, but what if humans could use the same kind of technology to store their own …
The computer that beat Jeopardy! champions will now help treat cancer
It’s becoming increasingly clear that by looking at a patient’s DNA data with help of modern computers, physicians will be able to better adapt treatments …
