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Some time around 1683, amateur Dutch scientist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek scraped the plaque from between his teeth and peered ...

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Our genomes are filled with errors that were once impossible to correct. But in CRISPR, we finally found an extraordinarily ...

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After reviewing DNA evidence from a cold case murder, Kirsty Wright uncovered systemic flaws and deception in a forensics ...