Jaws of Life
No Time to be Patient
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She embarked on a mission to cure her rare disease. Now she’s finding answers for one that’s even rarer.
By Alisson Clark
This geneticist’s goal: Cure the disease that runs in his family
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In 2006, specialists around the country started getting emails from a recent Harvard grad named Eric Wang asking about myotonic dystrophy, an inherited disease that runs in his family.
By Alisson Clark
Revealing the Ancestry “Blind Spot”
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Genetic ancestry shapes health disparities, but most biomedical experiments ignore it
By Alisson Clark
Here’s how AI could bring better fruit to your table
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Patricio Muñoz envisions a quicker method for bringing a new cultivar to market: exploring the natural variations in plant genetics using artificial intelligence.
By Alisson Clark
Traces of DNA in sand, water could be key to protecting sea turtles
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DNA “fingerprints” left behind by sea turtles offer scientists a simple, powerful way of tracking the health and whereabouts of these endangered animals, a key step forward in their conservation.
By Natalie van Hoose
Innovation is in his DNA
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The Genetics Institute director on his startup mindset, leading by influence and sparking collaboration
By Alisson Clark
New hope for coral disease comes from probiotics
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Microbial ecologist Julie Meyer and her collaborators want to put beneficial bacteria to work fighting a coral disease that has spread around Florida and now reached the Caribbean.
By Alisson Clark