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Genes
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The FDA Is Not Anti-Genetics
Despite the recent crackdown on 23andMe, the FDA is engaging with fast-moving biotechnology advances. However, there's still much work to be done.
Selling Your Body to Science
Medical research depends on human subjects, but should we pay people to be our guinea pigs?
The Social Life of Genes
Your DNA is not a blueprint. Day by day, week by week, your genes are in a conversation with your surroundings. Your neighbors, your family, your feelings of loneliness: They don't just get under your skin, they get into the control rooms of your cells. Inside the new social science of genetics.
Sense of Purpose Strengthens Immune System
A new study finds that, on a genetic level, all happiness is not created equal.
Gene Hack, Man
A new treatment for Down Syndrome mirrors genetic evolution by hacking an already-existing hack of our genes.