Otherwise, we will miss disease predictors for entire racial and ethnic groups
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1st clone of endangered species, a black-footed ferret, is “holding her own” in Fort Collins
10-week-old Elizabeth Ann is being raised at a Fish and Wildlife Service black-footed ferret breeding facility in Fort Collins. She’s a genetic copy of a ferret named Willa who died in 1988.
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Colorado authorities use DNA to identify body found in 1974
Authorities in Colorado used DNA to identify a man who was found dead by hikers 46 years ago, while his wife remains missing. Park County Coroner David E. Kintz Jr. on Tuesday identified the man as 45-year-old Anthony John Armbrust III of San Diego, California, KUSA-TV reports. Armbrust was previously unidentified and buried as a John […]
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This miracle drug was designed and manufactured for just one person — a 9-year-old Boulder girl
Mila Makovec has high pigtails in her dark hair and a cloth doll tucked under her arm as she wakes up in a hospital bed, where she’s just been injected with a one-of-a-kind drug intended to save her life. The drug works for only one person in the world — this 9-year-old girl from Boulder. […]