Month: August 2017

CRISPR (see the video with a simple explanation at bottom of post) has become one of the most essential tools to do genome engineering used by biologists for deleting, replacing or otherwise editing DNA.  The CRISPR system utilizes a modified bacterial protein and a RNA that guides it to a specific DNA sequence with peerless control over genes in humans and many other species.  Researchers in Portland Oregon led by Shoukhrat Mitalipov of Oregon Health and Science University, are the latest to announce they have shown they can favorably modify the DNA of human embryos using CRISPR.  Their research recently published...

It is interesting to find so called respected scientists that insist either global warming doesn’t exist or the later argument that if it does that our carbon emissions are not the cause.  What is staring us in the face is that 2016 is the 3rd year in a row of record high surface temperatures since modern recordkeeping began in 1880 according to NASA.  All part of an 80 year or more long warming trend that has already slowly raised earth’s temperature. Well if we do nothing or very little like our current U.S. leadership seems to be steering us toward, things are...