Dieter Egli, a developmental biologist at Columbia University, and Katherine Palmerola examine a newly fertilized egg injected with a CRISPR editing tool.
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Despite outrage over gene editing in China that affected the birth of twins, research is underway in the U.S. to assess the safety and effectiveness of CRISPR tools to edit genes in human embryos.
Dieter Egli, a developmental biologist at Columbia University, and Katherine Palmerola examine a newly fertilized egg injected with a CRISPR editing tool.
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William Ferris has spent his career documenting church gospel hymns, Delta blues and work songs of Mississippi.
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A poster at the entrance of the Laurel Highlands Council headquarters in Pittsburgh shows a young girl in a Cub Scouts uniform. The program for younger kids can include co-ed troops, but older kids will have single-sex troops.
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Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., visits Masterpiece Barber College as he campaigns for Nevada Democratic candidates in October in Las Vegas.
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Workers build bed frames at a factory in Commerce, Calif., near Los Angeles, in 2017. In January, the economy added a bigger-than-expected 304,000 jobs, including 13,000 in manufacturing.
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