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06/05/2017 / By Isabelle Z.

CRISPR gene editing found to cause hundreds of “unintended mutations”, warn scientists

When you choose to interfere with nature, you should be prepared for results that are far from natural. That’s the message of a new study out of the Columbia University Medical Center, where researchers are warning scientists that the CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing technology results in unintended mutations that could go undetected. As a relatively new […]

04/19/2017 / By Vicki Batts

Mad scientists create a chicken that has a dinosaur face in shocking new experiment

Could we soon be living in a world where Jurassic Park is a real thing? It appears scientists learned nothing from that rather foreboding film, as a team of researchers at Yale University have managed to create chickens with dinosaur-like snouts, in yet another instance of man playing God. Indeed, these scientists have created chickens that […]

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