Every great investigator tells a story about the one that got away.
For Kimberly Kobojek, director of the forensic science program at Arizona State University’s West campus, formerly of the Phoenix Police Crime Lab, that white whale was a reddish brown stain.
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Forensic Science Education at ASU: a Peek Behind the Police Tape
They say when life gives you lemons, make lemonade. But what if life hands you sour oranges and citrons?
Simple: You make lemons.
So says a new genetic analysis by an international team of scientists that seeks to clear up citrus’ tangled backstory.
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Study Traces Citrus Family Tree To Foot Of The Himalayas
The World Health Organization has called antibiotic resistance “a global crisis we can’t ignore,” one that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate kills 23,000 people annually in the U.S. alone.
Now, honeybee research could offer clues as to how it spreads.
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Honeybee Research Hints At How Microbes Spread Antibiotic Resistance
For the first time in the U.S., scientists have genetically modified human embryos. The technique could help screen out heritable diseases, but many worry where it might ultimately lead.
As rumors spread in advance of the publication, the story sparked comparisons with films like Gattaca and books like Brave New World, with their themes of genetic discrimination, DNA-as-destiny and the social dangers of tampering with human heredity.
But the research’s most important — and, to some, troubling — aspect lies in the fact that it alters the hereditary DNA known as the germline.
Read/listen to my full story at KJZZ’s Arizona Science Desk:
First Human Embryos Edited In U.S. By Scientists
No one expects the machinery of progress to roll backwards, but sometimes it seems that no one is watching the speedometer (or manning the brakes, assuming any exist). Is this a fair assessment? If so, should we be worried — and what can we do about it?
In this feature, experts on technology, risk, science, policy and neuroscience discuss risk, innovation and how our values affect our conceptions of both.
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ASU Experts Weigh the Risks of Innovation
