Polygenic Risk Scores Might Be Bullshit
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Don't Use a Polygenic Risk Score to Choose Your Embryo
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They don’t work the way you think.
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Scientists Grow Human / Monkey Chimeras to 20 Days Gestation
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There is an ethical limit somewhere. We need to figure out where the line is ASAP.
Read MoreBlood Type and COVID-19: There May Be Something Here
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Type A seems to be at higher risk. The question is why?
Read MoreHuge Genetic Study Reveals Common Threads Across Psychiatric Disorders
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The 750,000-individual study suggests that our common diagnostic criteria may need substantial revision.
Read MoreGenetic Study Suggests Anorexia May Have Metabolic Origins
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The study shows that individuals with genetics that predispose to anorexia are similar to individuals with genetics that predispose to “constitutional thinness”.
Read MoreIn Utero Genetic Editing: Doc-to-Doc with David Stitelman, MD
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Modern genetic editing technology is making the dreams of science fiction writers a reality by opening the door to editing fetal genomes while they are still the womb.
Read MoreRepurposed Drug Extends Life of Kids with Progeria
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The ultra-rare genetic condition was uniformly fatal. That may be changing now.
Read MoreProving the Superiority of Capitalism... with Genetics?
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A new study suggests that meritocracy increased when the Soviets left Estonia, and that benefit is written in DNA.
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