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The Intersection of Genetics and Law: Navigating New Frontiers

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Imagine a couple undergoing in-vitro fertilization with the option to select embryos based on their predicted IQ scores. Embryo 1, 2, or 3? Which one will be smarter?...more

Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

Gene Therapy Approvals Gain Steam in 2023: Treatments Offer New Hopes for Rare Diseases

After decades of intense scientific research into developing gene editing technologies, and more than a few setbacks, the field has produced a number of success stories in recent years, demonstrating that regulatory agencies...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

The Further Elucidation of Domestic Dog Ancestry

An international cadre of scientists* from almost 70 institutions worldwide recently reported their findings in the scientific journal Nature that the domesticated dog (Canis familiaris) arose from two populations of...more

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Legal confusion on essentially derived varieties must be cleared up for the sake of innovation - Green light to gene-editing...

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As gene editing techniques come to the fore in the UK and elsewhere, industry increasingly needs clarity on the breeder's exception to plant variety rights. Originally published on IAM media.com on May 2022....more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Dire Wolf DNA Shows Distinct New World Lineage

The dire wolf (Canis dirus), prototype of the various wolves that were important members of the House Stark family of characters in Game of Thrones, was found uniquely in North America until its extinction in the late...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Molecular Mechanism for (In)Famous Warburg Effect in Cancer Elucidated

Cancer, the "Emperor of All Maladies" as it has been termed, has been studied for millennia.  President Nixon's "War on Cancer" resulted in slow but steady progress, aided by the biotechnology revolution, the development of...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Genetic Lesion Segregation Found in Chemically Induced Tumors in Mice

Genetic instability has long been recognized as a hallmark of oncogenesis and tumor progression. The phenomenon was first identified cytogenetically, most famously by the Philadelphia chromosome in chronic myelogenous...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Genetic Diversity and Relationships of Living and Extinct Lions

Lions (Panthera leo) once were a widely distributed group of terrestrial mammals, ranging during the Pleistocene (from about 2,580,000 to 11,700 years ago) in Eurasia, Africa, and North America, with species that included the...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Avocado Genome Elucidated

The avocado, having gained popularity (at least in the U.S.) as a convenient (and delicious) vehicle for consuming otherwise not particularly healthful corn chips, has more recently been hailed as a "superfood" when consumed...more

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