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NEWS ABOUT: genetic alteration

genetic alteration stories: 3 news summaries

Critics Blast 'Designer
Baby' Clinic

LA Doc offers defect-screening technique
to pick eye color

Mar 2, 09 1:39 AM CST
(Newser) - The founders of an embryo technology that identifies birth defects are furious that a leading Los Angeles fertility clinic is using their discovery to enable couples to choose baby traits like hair and eye color. The role of pre-implantation genetic diagnosis—which identifies thousands of characteristics in a three-day embryo—... More »

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medical breakthrough • in vitro fertilization • baby • embryo • genetic alteration

(Newser) - Scientists have made a breakthrough that could dramatically boost the world's food production by making more land farmable, Wired reports. A slight change to a single gene allows plants to thrive in earth made toxic by aluminum, which currently renders nearly half of the world's soil useless for growing crops.... More »

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agriculture • farming • genetically modified crops • aluminum • crops • toxin • genetic engineering • genetic alteration

Scientists Tinker
With Biological Clock

New discovery on engineered liver genes could slow aging

Aug 11, 08 2:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - US researchers believe they have found a way to turn back the clock on the processes which make organs age. Scientists engineered genetic alterations to make the livers of older mice function like younger mice, the BBC reports. The discovery may lead to new treatments for Alzheimer's and other diseases... More »

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Parkinson's disease • aging • aging process • Alzheimer's Disease • genetic alteration • protein-recycling • Cellular Gerontology

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