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Jaws of Life

Gareth Fraser holding shark jaw

Could sharks teach us how to grow new teeth?

By Natalie van Hoose

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No Time to be Patient

She embarked on a mission to cure her rare disease. Now she’s finding answers for one that’s even rarer.

By Alisson Clark

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This geneticist’s goal: Cure the disease that runs in his family

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

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Revealing the Ancestry “Blind Spot”

Genetic ancestry shapes health disparities, but most biomedical experiments ignore it

By Alisson Clark

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Here’s how AI could bring better fruit to your table

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

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Traces of DNA in sand, water could be key to protecting sea turtles

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

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Innovation is in his DNA

The Genetics Institute director on his startup mindset, leading by influence and sparking collaboration

By Alisson Clark

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New hope for coral disease comes from probiotics

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

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