Tag: DNA
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Science and Technology Links
1. Christian Science Monitor: In Kenya, selling human waste could revolutionize sanitation Dealing with human waste has become a health crisis in many poor communities, but residents of a Kenyan slum have found a solution that turns poop into profit. … … Sanergy’s toilets are low-tech and low-cost, but they have a key feature: They…
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Oregon scientists make embryos with 2 women, 1 man
AP: Oregon scientists make embryos with 2 women, 1 man NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists in Oregon have created embryos with genes from one man and two women, using a provocative technique that could someday be used to prevent babies from inheriting certain rare incurable diseases. The researchers at Oregon Health & Sciences University said…
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Harvard cracks DNA storage, crams 700 terabytes of data into a single gram
ExtremeTech: Harvard cracks DNA storage, crams 700 terabytes of data into a single gram A bioengineer and geneticist at Harvard’s Wyss Institute have successfully stored 5.5 petabits of data — around 700 terabytes — in a single gram of DNA, smashing the previous DNA data density record by a thousand times. The work, carried out…
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Ancient Greenland gene map has a surprise
Reuters: Ancient Greenland gene map has a surprise WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Scientists have sequenced the DNA from four frozen hairs of a Greenlander who died 4,000 years ago in a study they say takes genetic technology into several new realms. Surprisingly, the long-dead man appears to have originated in Siberia and is unrelated to modern…