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The National Academy of Sciences, or NAS, selected six UC Berkeley faculty to join as members.
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An error in the UK Biobank resulted in a request for the retraction of a UC Berkeley professor’s paper with implications on past CRISPR research Friday.
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Chinese scientist He Jiankui genetically mutated twins born last year to be resistant to HIV infection through the CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technology — however, according to an analysis released June 3 by UC Berkeley researchers, this mutation also comes with a 21 percent increase in mortality later in life.
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UC Berkeley researchers are examining how species evolve and how they adapt to new environments by comparing the polar bear genome with the brown bear genome.
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On Tuesday, three experts in the field of biotechnology spoke to UC Berkeley students and community members about the implications of incorporating technology into biological processes.
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