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Your genetics could dictate how well weight loss drugs work
New ReviewCleveland Clinic study finds Ozempic, Wegovy work better for patients with certain gene variant tied to higher weight loss odds. (Scripps News)
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Trump administration's claims against Tylenol leads to more confusion and concern
New ReviewThe scientific community is expressing confusion and overwhelming criticism following President Donald Trump and his administration's claim on Monday that acetaminophen — the active ingredient in Tylenol — is linked to autism.
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How new DNA and genealogy methods solved Sharron Prior's 1975 murder
New ReviewCBC explains how police finally determined beyond all doubt who killed 16-year-old Montrealer Sharron Prior in 1975 despite no new evidence being brought to their attention.
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Weed strains: Marijuana marketing - spin or science?
When it comes to cannabis, there are a wide variety of weed strains to choose from — but is it all marketing spin or is there actual science behind the development of each strain? With the legalization of recreational marijuana on the...
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Arrest made in 1983 killings of 2 Toronto women
A 61-year-old northern Ontario man has been charged with first-degree murder in the grisly killings of two women in Toronto nearly four decades ago. Toronto police said advances in DNA technology helped investigators find him.
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Swedish geneticist wins 2022 Nobel in Physiology or Medicine
This year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Swedish geneticist Svante Pääbo for his research comparing the genome of modern humans and our closest extinct relatives.
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Scientists are manipulating the DNA of mosquitoes to fight the spread of malaria
Scientists say they have managed to genetically modify mosquitoes so they are unable to spread the disease which kills over half a million annually.
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Your taste preferences could be down to your genes, a new study reveals
A new study completed by the University of Edinburgh argues that the reason why we love and hate certain foods could be partly down to our genes
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Ancient DNA reveals genetic link between early Egypt and Mesopotamia
This discovery supports long-suspected ties between Egypt and Mesopotamia, once inferred only from trade goods and shared pottery styles. The Nile, researchers say, likely acted as an “ancient superhighway” for both people and ideas.
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This iconic Toronto tree is dying — but is it the end of the line?
A giant elm at Christie Pits is "nearly dead." But as CBC's Michelle Song explains, its genetics may be preserved.
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Regeneron to Acquire 23andMe for $256M
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals has agreed to acquire 23andMe’s consumer genetics business and assets for $256 million, following 23andMe’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
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Brain tumour campaigners hand in a petition to Downing Street calling for more research
Interviews with brain tumour campaigners in Westminster before handing in a petition to Downing Street. Interviews with Dan Knowles, Chief Executive of Brain Tumour Research, TV gardener Danny Clarke and Theo Burrell, Antiques Roadshow...
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How Will We Pay For Miracle Cures?
Gene therapies are considered miracle cures, but their exorbitant costs, which could exceed $12 billion, might hinder access for those in need. Bloomberg Opinion columnist Lisa Jarvis highlights how two gene therapies awaiting FDA...
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This Alzheimer's Breakthrough Is Worth Rooting For
At long last, we finally have a disease-modifying drug for Alzheimer's. The FDA recently approved a new drug that promises to slow the progression of the disease.
Only five Alzheimer's treatments have been approved by the FDA up until a...
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Map of human genome to be complete by 2003
1. Exterior of conference centre where the meeting is held
2. Medium shot entrance of the meeting
3. Sign at front of conference regarding the meeting
4. Opening session, HGM2002
5. Cutaway of delegates
6. Professor Yoshiyuki Sakaki,...
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Baby gene therapy study offers hope for fatal muscle disease ++Animation mute++
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Researchers are reporting a gene therapy has been used for the first time to help babies with a muscle disease that leaves them unable to move, swallow and breathe.
They say it's extending the...
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Baby gene therapy study offers hope for fatal muscle disease ++Animation mute++
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Researchers are reporting a gene therapy has been used for the first time to help babies with a muscle disease that leaves them unable to move, swallow and breathe.
They say it's extending the...
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2nd man has gene editing
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A second patient has been treated in an historic gene editing study in California.
And no major side effects or safety issues have emerged from the first man's treatment nearly three months ago,...
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2nd man has gene editing
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A second patient has been treated in an historic gene editing study in California.
And no major side effects or safety issues have emerged from the first man's treatment nearly three months ago,...
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Cut-and-Paste Tool Transforms Genetic Research
CRISPR
Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats
CRISPR is a technique to precisely edit a cell's DNA
It uses a two-part molecular tool
Cas9 is a protein...
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Dolly the sheep cloning method produces two healthy monkeys ++Animation Mute++
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Two monkeys have followed in the footsteps of Dolly the Sheep by becoming the world's first primates to be cloned in the same way.
The technique is called single cell nuclear transfer.
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Parenting of the future: Many embryos, each with DNA profile
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The future of parenting may see a big change as scientists and ethicists have a startling prediction about how children will be conceived in the future.
Thanks to advances in science, some ethicists...
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Parenting of the future: Many embryos, each with DNA profile
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The future of parenting may see a big change as scientists and ethicists have a startling prediction about how children will be conceived in the future.
Thanks to advances in science, some ethicists...
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Lacks Family Sues For Profits, Permission Of 'Immortal Cells'
The Lacks family doesn't want the medical community to stop using the cells, but they do want what they say is fair.