Page 138 - Mutation News Today

Federal authority to detain illegals. police departments in baltimore, albuquerque, san bernardino and stockton, california have until august 18th to prove they will comply with the laws or risk losing all that federal money. abby? abby: controversial break through when it comes to gene editing. a team of scientists say they have safely repaired a mutation that causes a heart defect in human embryos the 72%. fixing 42 of the 58 embryos that were used. sparking debate for the potential of so-call...

Could lead to avoiding certain flight paths in asia. >> this is something that is billions and billions to one as far as probability but again its not something we can discard and say, oh well we dont think t beginning to happen so therefore we dont need to do anything about it. its something that still need to assessed. >> reporter: aviation analyst say this could lead to commercial airlines and be more careful where they fly in asia. barbara starr, pentagon. a break through study in the gene...

Welcome back, everyone. scientists have successfully edited a genetic mutation from a human a embryo in a groundbreaking first. they say in their study published in the journal "nature" they used a technique to remove the disease causing genes. now the embryos dna repair mechanism then replaced the missing genes with a copy from the parent without the mutation. researchers found that the harmful gene was corrected in more than 70% of the embryos. now scientists hope their work could one day help...

A new study showed scientists successfully edited genes in human embryos to repair a common and serious disease causing mutation and produced healthy embryos. the researchers first attempt at creating genetically modified embryos in the u.s. while its a long way from clinical use, it shows that gene editing could help prevent infants from a variety of hereditary conditions. president trump playing to his base this morning after throwing support behind an immigration bill aimed at slashing lega...

>> shannon: major breakthrough in genetic research. scientists manipulating the dna in human embryos repairing a gene responsible for a heart defect. we have more on the story from atlanta. how significant is this breakthrough? >> very significant, shannon. the first time that researchers have been able to manipulate the genes inside a human embryo to remove a mutation that causes a very serious disease. in this case they were targeting a disease called hcm, a heart condition that produces no ad...

Great early comedy shows if not the great early comedy sketch show. a precursor by many, many years of "saturday night live" and everything that followed. >> al, al, i wonder if you would tell our audience exactly who this lady is. >> i dont know who she is but its all right with me. >> one of the fastest rise into comic commentators is young woody allen. >> the telephone company has a service for emotionally disturbed called dial-a-prayer. theres a number you dial if youre an atheist. you dont ...

Of conservatism. she wrote, the presidents primary problem as a leader is not that he is impetuous, rash or nacve. it is that he is weak and sniffling. he undermines himself daily. we will find out in the coming weeks whether john kelly can affect that. he has a tremendous mutation for instilling discipline down the chain of command. the question is, can he instill this up the chain of command? back to you. >> thank you. meantime republicans on capitol hill are looking to regroup after their lat...

Youre an atheist. you dont hear anything on the other end of the phone. >> stand-up comedians before woody allen were sharp talking guys in good suits and fast talkers and really snazzy guys. here comes woody allen, this scll h /* schlameal. this was something new in stand-up comedy. >> where do you get your humor? >> its like a genetic mutation. i say it and it comes as a great shock to me. its like a pleasant surprise to hear myself say it. its like im not even conscious of the thing happening...

Talkers and really snazzy guys. here comes woody allen, this schmeel. this was something new in stand-up comedy. >> where do you get your humor? >> its like a genetic mutation. i say it and it comes as a great shock to me. its like a pleasant surprise to hear myself say it. its like im not even conscious of the thing happening. >> he happened to be an incredible craftsman of jokes. when you listen to a joke of his, its almost like a little hycoup. he was conscious of the writing of the joke, and...

Oof -- >> in case you are wondering what all of this looks like, this is it. this is the basement of decode. as small as i can see, you can see viles and viles of blood. there are 150,000 people, it is negative 15 degrees in here and thatll make sure these biles can be stored here. >> the small population is relatively homogenous. 90% people here are cured pure e islander. when they find the mutation, it is easier to trade. >> thats whats so interesting. many of these will turn out to be double ...