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The weird rise of people who are their own twin

A condition that leaves people with two sets of DNA may be on the rise – and it’s posing thorny questions for families and ...
University of Utah Health

New Kind of CRISPR Could Treat Viral Infection and Cancer by Shredding Sick Cells’ DNA

When activated by its target, the newly characterized molecule rips the genome apart, a lethal move that researchers can ...
Science Daily

DNA damage can last unrepaired for years, changing our view of mutations

While most known types of DNA damage are fixed by our cells' in-house DNA repair mechanisms, some forms of DNA damage evade repair and can persist for many years, new research shows. This means that ...

'Peaches' case: New DNA test ordered for Andrew Dykes, charged with killing a woman previously associated with the Gilgo Beach serial murder case

Andrew Dykes has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder in the killing of Tanya Denise Jackson, who was once known as ...
Scientific American

How scientists made the discoveries behind a game-changing gene therapy for sickle cell disease

Stuart Orkin and Swee Lay Thein shared a Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences for their research on genetic causes of sickle ...
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Root cause: How to fight hair thinning in menopause

Forget a facelift. The most transformative thing you can do is to fight for your hair, says Kathleen Baird-Murray. Hair ...