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If You've Got Questions, Here's Your Chance

Aug 03, 2009

The Freakonomics blog at the New York Times is accepting questions for 23andMe's Anne Wojcicki. Head to the comments thread to post your question, and the answers will be posted there in about a week. Steven Dubner, in introducing the company's genetic and social networking aspects, says it is "sort of like Facebook for your innards."

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Tigers in India with thick stripes harbor a genetic change, as Gizmodo reports.

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The Japan News reports that genome-edited tomatoes with higher GABA levels are now for sale in Japan.

Approach for Inclusivity and Diversity

A National Human Genome Research Institute team calls for the field to "adopt diversity as an ethos."

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