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Farm animals may soon get new features through gene editing

11-15-2018 • https://www.apnews.com, By CANDICE CHOI

Cows that can withstand hotter temperatures. Cows born without pesky horns. Pigs that never reach puberty.

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Opinion: How 'space babies' could help save humanity

11-02-2018 • https://www.marketwatch.com, By JURICA DUJMOVIC

A San Francisco biotech company plans a 24- to 36-hour mission that will result in the birth of a human baby in space

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New study bolsters hypothesis that herpes virus causes Alzheimer's

10-22-2018 • https://newatlas.com, Rich Haridy

A new review article published in the journal Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience has summarized the most recent evidence supporting the controversial hypothesis that Herpes Simplex Virus 1 (HSV1) is a major causal factor for Alzheimer's disease.

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Stephen Hawking feared genetic engineering would create 'superhumans'

10-14-2018 • https://metro.co.uk by Adam Smith

Professor Stephen Hawking feared a new race of 'superhumans' could destroy the rest of humanity if genetic engineering continued unabated.