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Showing posts with label Genetics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Genetics. Show all posts
Sunday, November 6, 2022

‘Breakthrough’ finding shows how modern humans grow more brain cells than Neanderthals

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Rodrigo Pérez Ortega Science.org Originally posted 8 SEP 22 We humans are proud of our big brains, which are responsible for our ability to ...
Tuesday, March 29, 2022

Gene editing gets safer thanks to redesigned Cas9 protein

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Science Daily Originally posted 2 MAR 22 Summary: Scientists have redesigned a key component of a widely used CRISPR-based gene-editing tool...
Friday, February 25, 2022

Public Deliberation about Gene Editing in the Wild

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M. K. Gusmano, E. Kaebnick, et al. (2021). Hastings Center Report 10.1002/hast.1318, 51, S2, (S34-S41). Abstract Genetic editing technologie...
Sunday, August 29, 2021

A New Era of Designer Babies May Be Based on Overhyped Science

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Laura Hercher Scientific American Originally published 12 July 21 Here is an excerpt: Current polygenic risk scores have limited predictive ...
Saturday, June 19, 2021

Preparing for the Next Generation of Ethical Challenges Concerning Heritable Human Genome Editing

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Robert Klitzman The American Journal of Bioethics (2021) Volume 21 (6), 1-4. Here is the conclusion Moving Forward Policymakers will thus ne...
Thursday, May 6, 2021

A chip off the (im)moral block? Lay beliefs about genetic heritability predicts whether family members’ actions affect self-judgments

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Peetz, J., Wohl, M. J. A., Wilson, A. E.,  & Dawson, A.  (2021, March 18). https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/nfk9e Abstract The idea of he...
Tuesday, May 4, 2021

Human cells grown in monkey embryos reignite ethics debate

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Nicola Davis The Guardian Originally published 15 Apr 21 Monkey embryos containing human cells have been produced in a laboratory, a study h...
Thursday, February 4, 2021

Robust inference of positive selection on regulatory sequences in the human brain

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J. Liu & M. Robison-Rechavi Science Advances  27 Nov 2020: Vol. 6, no. 48, eabc9863 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abc9863 Abstract A longstanding...
Saturday, January 9, 2021

The Last Children of Down Syndrome

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Sarah Zhang The Atlantic Originally posted December 2020 Here is an excerpt: Eugenics in Denmark never became as systematic and violent as i...
Sunday, September 13, 2020

Correlation not Causation: The Relationship between Personality Traits and Political Ideologies

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B. Verhulst, L. J. Evans, & P. K. Hatemi Am J Pol Sci. 2012 ; 56(1): 34–51. Abstract The assumption in the personality and politic...
Wednesday, August 5, 2020

A genetic profile of oxytocin receptor improves moral acceptability of outcome-maximizing harm in male insurance brokers

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S. Palumbo, V. Mariotti, and others Behavioural Brain Research Volume 392, 17 August 2020 , 112681 Abstract In recent years, conflicti...
Wednesday, July 15, 2020

Empathy is both a trait and a skill. Here's how to strengthen it.

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Kristen Rogers CNN.com Originally posted 24 June 20 Here is an excerpt: Types of empathy Empathy is more about looking for a common ...
Tuesday, June 30, 2020

Why Sex? Biologists Find New Explanations.

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Christie Wilcox Quanta Magazine Originally posted 23 April 20 Here are several excerpts: The immediate benefit of sex for the algae is...
Sunday, May 31, 2020

The Answer to a COVID-19 Vaccine May Lie in Our Genes, But ...

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Ifeoma Ajunwa & Forrest Briscoe Scientific American Originally posted 13 May 2020 Here is an excerpt: Although the rationale for e...
Friday, January 17, 2020

'DNA is not your destiny': Genetics a poor indicator of health

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Nicole Bergot Edmonton Journal Originally posted 18 Dec 19 The vast majority of diseases, including many cancers, diabetes, and Alzheime...
Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Asymmetrical genetic attributions for prosocial versus antisocial behaviour

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Matthew S. Lebowitz, Kathryn Tabb & Paul S. Appelbaum Nature Human Behaviour (2019) Abstract Genetic explanations of human behavi...
Tuesday, July 9, 2019

A Waste of 1,000 Research Papers

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Ed Yong The Atlantic Originally posted May 17, 2019 In 1996, a group of European researchers found that a certain gene, called SLC6A4, m...
Saturday, July 6, 2019

Congress weighs dropping ban on altering the DNA of human embryos used for pregnancies

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Sharon Begley and Andrew Joseph www.statnews.xom Originally posted June 4, 2019 A congressional committee is expected to vote on Tuesday...
Friday, June 28, 2019

‘We as a species need to come to terms’ with CRISPR technology

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Ashley Turner www.CNBC.com Originally posted May 21, 2019 Here is an excerpt: Former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said Tuesday that...
Friday, May 10, 2019

Privacy, data science and personalised medicine. Time for a balanced discussion

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Claudia Pagliari LinkedIn.com Post Originally posted March 26, 2019 There are several fundamental truths that those of us working at the...