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Court Rules Against Patenting Human Genes
The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that companies cannot patent parts of naturally-occurring human genes, a decision with the potential to profoundly affect the...
Court Says Human Genes Cannot Be Patented
(WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that companies cannot patent parts of naturally-occurring human genes, a decision with the potential to...
Supreme Court Rules Police Can Take DNA Swabs From Arrestees
(WASHINGTON) — A sharply divided Supreme Court on Monday said police can routinely take DNA from people they arrest, equating a DNA cheek swab to other common...
Could Some of Our Favorite Flavorings Be Damaging Our DNA?
Plants are all-natural sources of all things good for us, right? It turns out some of our favorite plant-based flavorings may do more harm than good. ...
Bigfoot DNA ‘Evidence’ Is Published — But More Questions Are Raised
Bigfoot exists and there is DNA to prove it, or at least that’s what one scientific journal is claiming.
Photo Essays
The Future Of Life
Set in the dazzling aquarium in Monterey, Calif., TIME kicked off its gathering of luminaries, such as James Watson and Edward O. Wilson, to celebrate the 50th...
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Gallery of the Exonerated
Ten stories of men who languished in prison for crimes they didn't commit until the Innocence Project and DNA technology helped win their freedom By Elisabeth...
