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Scientists Started Eugenics and Gene Therapy Might Make It Mainstream

With discussions about racism and discrimination swirling in the current political climate, their underlying genetic themes are much less debated than in the past. This is due to the deeply troubling, tabooed history of this simple question: Does genetics influence human value? In medical terms, some genetic traits may certainly…

Genetics

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Scientists Started Eugenics and Gene Therapy Might Make It Mainstream
Scientists Started Eugenics and Gene Therapy Might Make It Mainstream

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Engineering or God Delusion — What Exactly is Synthetic Biology?

How computers started a bio-revolution Few fields are experiencing the same degree of turbulence today as the biological sciences. If physics was the hot popstar of the 20th century, the 21st century stage is dominated by the life sciences (in particular genetics, molecular and cellular biology, and microbiology), sharing the scene only with computing. …

Synthetic Biology

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Engineering or God Delusion — What Exactly Is Synthetic Biology?
Engineering or God Delusion — What Exactly Is Synthetic Biology?

Jul 5, 2020

Some Practical and Emotional Advice For Flying During The COVID Pandemic

Back in late March 2020, in one of the busiest cities in central Europe, an Uber driver tells me he saw a 90% of his daily business vanish in a few days. I turn my neck around as the words COVID VIRUS 19, tattooed on the side of a bridge…

Coronavirus

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Some Practical and Emotional Advice For Flying During The COVID Pandemic
Some Practical and Emotional Advice For Flying During The COVID Pandemic

Feb 13, 2020

Who Holds the Keys to the Future of Synthetic Biology?

Few life science sectors are gaining economical traction in the same way as synthetic biology. Advancements in genome sequencing and engineering technologies allow us to create custom genetic constructs and reprogram living organisms, opening up new ways to produce drugs, chemicals, bio-fuels, materials and much more. According to Forbes, the…

Synthetic Biology

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Who Holds the Keys to the Future of Synthetic Biology?
Who Holds the Keys to the Future of Synthetic Biology?

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·Jan 2, 2020

Science Not Silence — A Letter To The 1962 Nobel Prize Committee

My fellow scientists and colleagues at the Nobel Committee, I must confess I was surprised to receive your request for an expert account on the candidates for the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine. Like all biologists, I too closely followed the astounding race for discovering the twisted-ladder structure of deoxyribonucleic acid, DNA, in 1953. The heated race…

Science

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Science Not Silence–A Letter To The 1962 Nobel Prize Committee
Science Not Silence–A Letter To The 1962 Nobel Prize Committee

Dec 26, 2019

5 Truths About the Biology of Cross-Sex Friendships

“I have never met anyone who loves virtue as much as he loves sex.” — Confucius We are attracted to our friends This attraction is not physical, but psychological. We befriend people who feel familiar, who we connect with and want to share our lives with. It makes us feel accepted and understood. Sometimes, we share…

Relationships

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Top 5 Truths About the Biology of Cross-Sex Friendships
Top 5 Truths About the Biology of Cross-Sex Friendships

Sep 12, 2016

Epigenetic Engineering — The Next Generation of Gene Editing

Pick an unwanted personal trait you wish you could change. It could be a physical detail or character flaw gradually developed during your lifetime, like caffeine addiction, a fear of closed spaces, or being an aggressive drunk. Or how about a life threatening condition — diabetes, depression or cancer? These…

CRISPR

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Epigenetic Engineering — The Next Generation of Gene Editing
Epigenetic Engineering — The Next Generation of Gene Editing
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