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Cancer breakthrough uses CRISPR to target extra chromosomes

Cancer breakthrough uses CRISPR to target extra chromosomes

By Michael Irving - New Atlas Yale scientists have discovered a new potential treatment avenue to fight cancer. Using CRISPR gene-editing, the team eliminated extra chromosomes from cancer cells and found that they could no longer grow out of control. Healthy human...

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Test animals, hold your breath

Test animals, hold your breath

By Kyoto University Kyoto, Japan -- Animal experimentation may not be a thing of the past just yet, but work on human iPS cell technology may someday grant emancipation for lab mice and other species. Renal proximal tubules play a major role in our kidneys' ability to...

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How a Scientific Fraud Reinvented Himself

How a Scientific Fraud Reinvented Himself

By David Cyranoski - New York Times Science is known for rigorous self-policing by the research community, yet it can seem that scientific fraud is rampant. Why do frauds think they can get away with it? The story of Hwang Woo-suk, a South Korean scientist who gained...

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