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Prominent Mouse Genetics Center Could be Shuttered
Staff at the UK’s Harwell Institute were notified that a strategy board recommended halting its academic work, but a final decision is months away.
Prominent Mouse Genetics Center Could be Shuttered
Prominent Mouse Genetics Center Could be Shuttered

Staff at the UK’s Harwell Institute were notified that a strategy board recommended halting its academic work, but a final decision is months away.

Staff at the UK’s Harwell Institute were notified that a strategy board recommended halting its academic work, but a final decision is months away.

policy, science policy, genetics & genomics

WHO Panel Calls For a Registry of Gene-Editing Research in Humans
Catherine Offord | Mar 20, 2019 | 2 min read
The advisors’ recommendations follow news of ethically dubious gene-editing work carried out by He Jiankui late last year.
FDA Lifts Import Restrictions on Genetically Engineered Salmon
Catherine Offord | Mar 11, 2019 | 2 min read
The fast-growing fish can now be raised and sold in the US, although it’s likely to be some time before the product hits the market.
EU Advisor Recommends Regulatory Exemption for Gene Editing
Catherine Offord | Jan 18, 2018 | 2 min read
Crops produced using mutagenic technologies such as CRISPR should generally be exempt from regulatory laws governing GMOs, according to the published opinion.
Week in Review: April 14–18
Tracy Vence | Apr 18, 2014 | 2 min read
Genome-wide effects of trisomy 21; RNA-based signs of transgenerational stress; depression and resilience; a call to overhaul US biomedical research system
Opinion: The Payoff of Big Science
K. John Morrow Jr. | Jun 3, 2013 | 4 min read
Was the Human Genome Project the key to a gold mine?
Opinion: Talking Genomics
Trevor Quirk | Nov 13, 2012 | 5 min read
The crucial importance of language in the debate over the regulation of direct-to-consumer genetic tests
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