Someone broke into a church in Centerville, Utah, last November and attacked the organist who was practicing there. In March, after a conventional investigation came up empty, a police detective turned to forensic consultants at Parabon NanoLabs. Using the publicly accessible website GEDmatch, the consultants found a likely distant genetic relative of the suspect, whose blood sample had been found near the church’s broken window.
The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in the biotech industry seems boundless. Its combination with CRISPR could be the one area where AI has the most potential.
Nobel prize winner and co-inventor of the CRISPR technology, Jennifer Doudna, recently...
Since its discovery in the early 1940s, epigenetics has been established as a key driver of human development, health, aging, and disease, and is now a burgeoning field of research. In this article, we discover how the epigenome can affect...
Following an annual CGS tradition, we present a selection of our favorite Biopolitical Times posts of the past year. Contributors include staff, consultants and allies. Many more posts that are worth your time can be found in the archive — scroll down and “VIEW MORE” as needed — or by using the “Advanced options” in the search function to select by Content Type &/or Date.
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In-vitro fertilisation (IVF) as assisted reproductive technology (ART) has been in vogue for quite a few decades now. While IVF has been hailed as a significant scientific advancement, with many advantages, here are some limitations which bear keeping in mind...
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