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Introducing The After On Podcast – interviews with thinkers, founders, and scientists – Boing Boing

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2017-08-03 NEWS

Boing Boing

Introducing The After On Podcast – interviews with thinkers, founders, and scientists
Boing Boing
Writing science fiction can get you amazing access to thinkers, founders, and scientists whose work touches on the stories you tell. It’s one of the great things about my job. Sure, writing cover stories for Wired would get my calls returned faster

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2017-08-03 NEWS

CRISPR Gene Therapy via Skin Grafts Treats Obesity and Diabetes in Mice
Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News
Genetically engineered skin cells grafted onto mice can treat the animals’ diabetes and obesity, according to new research published August 2, 2017 in Cell Stem Cell. Researchers edited skin stem cells from newborn mice using CRISPR-based technology …

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2017-08-03 NEWS

The Verge

Editing human embryos is okay — but don’t turn them into people yet, geneticists say
The Verge
In a statement published today in The American Journal of Human Genetics, the group argues that gene editing with powerful tools like CRISPR has great potential to rid humanity of some of the nastiest diseases. However, there are too many unanswered …
Germline human gene editing endorsed for researchThe San Diego Union-Tribune
Human embryo editing breakthrough is a ‘major advance’ towards controversial treatments for babiesThe Independent

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