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Gene-Editing Oversight Needed, But Ban On Research Should Be Lifted
Thursday, June 6, 2019, By Daryl Lovell
A portion of the fiscal 2020 Agriculture spending bill continues a ban on research that involves gene-editing of human embryos. The field of genetic modification garnered international attention after a Chinese scientist announced last fall that he had created the…
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Sam Van Aken Talks ‘Tree of 40 Fruits’
Monday, October 9, 2017, By Sawyer Kamman
Association Professor at the College of Visual and Performing Arts Sam Van Aken discusses his work of art, Tree of 40 Fruits, with WTOP. “Even though I grew up in a farming community, grafting had this certain sort of mysticism to it,”…