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Book Excerpt from The Violinist's Thumb: And Other Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius, As Written By Our Genetic Code
| July 1, 2012
In Chapter , "Genes, Freaks, DNA," author Sam Kean draws parallels between the lives of Gregor Mendel and Johannes Friedrich Miescher, who both made scientific discoveries that were truly ahead of their times.
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Synthetic biologists harness software to design genes and networks.
With the help of a mother, one researcher uncovered a common link between autism and a devastating bone disease.
Out with toothpicks and pipettors; in with automation.
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After 20 years of high-profile failure, gene therapy is finally well on its way to clinical approval.
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