Genetics
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AnimalsAnimals USA
PCR Test: From Identifying COVID, to Trafficked Fish Species!
Ports across the United States will soon deploy PCR tests – similar to those used during the Covid-19 pandemic – to identify marine species, including threatened or near-threatened ones, to crack down on seafood fraud and fish trafficking.
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Technology
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HealthHealth The World
Can Tiny Cells Become Their Own Historians?
A team of scientists is trying to get cells to record their evolution by having engineered cells insert distinctive genetic bits in their DNA that turn into distinctive bar codes, thus helping understand the trajectory of each cell over time.
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HealthHealth USA
Sickle Cell Disease: First Patient to Receive Treatment
Kendric Cromer, a 12-year-old boy from Washington, the United States, is the world’s first patient suffering from sickle cell disease to undergo a commercially approved gene therapy, one that gives hope to thousands of people dealing with the painful genetic disorder of red blood cells.
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