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Five rare coati kits born at Brevard Zoo - AOL
6+ hour, 18+ min ago (376+ words) They're pretty much Mexico's racoons. In South Florida, they're sniffing around in all the wrong places, so not so cute. But, now, five white-nosed coati babies are calling Brevard Zoo's Rainforest Revealed area home. Only a few months old, these…...
Five rare coati kits born at Brevard Zoo
10+ hour, 16+ min ago (335+ words) They're pretty much Mexico's racoons. In South Florida, they're sniffing around in all the wrong places, so not so cute. But, now, five white-nosed coati babies are calling Brevard Zoo's Rainforest Revealed area home. Only a few months old, these…...
Human Embryo Gene Editing Shows Promise, Faces Ethical Hurdles
12+ hour, 1+ min ago (331+ words) For this reason, scientists have been searching for ways to prevent diseases from being passed on to children by modifying human embryo DNA for years. This is called germline gene editing. Changes made to the genetic structure of embryos through…...
Scientists demonstrate precise embryo gene editing, warn on risks
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (830+ words) Base editing now edits single DNA bases in human embryos with remarkable accuracy. Ethical and safety challenges mean clinical use remains distant. Pioneer methods of gene editing are already being used in clinical practice and saving lives, easing the suffering…...
What we've learned about cloning since Dolly the sheep's birth 30 years ago
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (1009+ words) Countries such as China and the United States offer commercial pet cloning for cats and dogs When Dolly the sheep " the first cloned mammal " was born 30 years ago, she became one of the most famous animals in science history. Her…...
Explainer: 30 years since Dolly's birth, where does cloning stand today?
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (1023+ words) Thirty years after Dolly the sheep became the first cloned mammal, cloning has evolved from a sci-fi idea into a biotechnology tool. Scientists now use cloning for disease research, conservation and agriculture, while challenges remain in efficiency, ethics, extinct species…...
Technical milestone or designer baby obsession: Latest gene-editing advance reignites a familiar ethical debate
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (190+ words) Genetic Literacy Project 2026 Credibility and Reputation Report Global Gene Editing Regulation Tracker GLP 2021 Annual Report Technical milestone or designer baby obsession: Latest gene-editing advance reignites a familiar ethical debate The paper, not yet peer reviewed, sparked immediate controversy. Some researchers…...
Base editing used for first time to study genes in human embryos
6+ day, 16+ hour ago (715+ words) An extremely precise genome editing technique called base editing has been used for the first time by Cambridge scientists to study gene function in human embryos. They demonstrated that it can be used to alter a single gene in human…...
Governance Overhaul for Human Embryo Model Research
1+ week, 4+ hour ago (704+ words) Mirage News Human embryo models can help researchers study early human development and infertility without relying solely on human embryos. As the technology advances, these models are becoming more complex and can be maintained in culture for longer periods. These…...
Don't Settle for Plastic Flowers: New Report on What It Means to Stay Human: The Hastings Center for Bioethics
1+ week, 2+ day ago (169+ words) The report's deepest concern " prompted by "the jarring experience of encountering an uncanny technology that mirrors us, imitates us, and in some ways surpasses us" " is that we humans should have "a better grasp of the answer to "Who are…...