genetic

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Nearly 80% of edited embryos became mosaics, genetic mixtures of edited and unedited cells, a limitation needing resolution.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy are typically prescribed at higher doses for obesity treatment than for diabetes management, and more research is needed to determine whether the same genetic factors influence weight loss outcomes.

From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026

“I am generally supportive of the concept of embryo editing to prevent genetic disease,” said Dr. Paula Amato, a fertility expert at Oregon Health & Science University who wasn’t involved in the research.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

The Cambridge researchers took known genetic codes – the instruction manuals of life – from a range of coronaviruses that had been recorded by surveillance programmes hunting for potential viral threats.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

Without equality, eugenics would inevitably falter on the false premise that social ills, such as vagrancy, pauperism, deviance, alcoholism, and feeblemindedness were genetic ills—while, in fact, they merely reflected inequality.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee