Using active genetics technology, biologists have developed the world’s first CRISPR/Cas9-based approach to control genetic inheritance in a mammal. The achievement in mice lays the groundwork for further advances based …read more Source:: Science
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Family tree of 400 million people shows genetics has limited influence on longevity
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•Although long life tends to run in families, genetics has far less influence on life span than previously thought, according to a new analysis of more than 400 million people. …read more Source:: Science
Hidden rules of genetics for how life on Earth began
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•All living things use the genetic code to “translate” DNA-based genetic information into proteins, which are the main working molecules in cells. Precisely how the complex process of translation arose …read more Source:: Science