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Five things to know about population DNA testing
DNA testing to predict disease risk has the potential to prevent disease and save lives. Yet few Australians can currently access predictive DNA testing...
Personal DNA test for research, but what about privacy risks?
Your DNA has become a valuable commodity. Companies such as 23andMe may charge you for an analysis of your genetic profile, but they make...
Stephen Hawking’s essay says race of ‘superhumans’ will rise
The new species will be result of gene-editing and would end human civilization.
Days after the publication of his last paper Stephen Hawking is back...
CRISPR: Can we create new human-made species?
Gene-editing technology used to fit entire genome of yeast on a single large chromosome. The new finding can help in studying fundamental concepts in chromosome biology, including replication, recombination and segregation. CRISPR technology may even pave a way for developing completely human-made species in future.
Technology alert! CRISPR Cas9
CRISPR also called CRISPR/ Cas9 that is Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats/ CRISPR associated protein9. CRISPR technology was adapted from the natural defence...
