The Scan

The New York Times reports on an effort to address in high school biology classes misconceptions regarding race and genetics.

Certain plasma proteins could be used to gauge a person's age and whether they are aging well, according to HealthDay News.

GenomeWeb reports that Veritas Genetics is suspending its US operations.

The Washington Post reports that a US Senate committee voted this week to approve the nomination of Stephen Hahn to lead the Food and Drug Administration.

One gene regulates hundreds of others to influence facial development, according to New Scientist.

Researchers are sampling the wild relatives of modern crops to try to preserve genetic diversity, NPR reports.

MIT's Search for Extraterrestrial Genomes is developing sequencing tools to use to try to detect whether there is any life on Mars, Quartz reports.

MIT's Technology Review has published excerpts from researcher He Jiankui's unpublished manuscript describing how he edited the genomes of twin girls as embryos with commentary.

Society for American Archaeology members voted to prevent individuals who have been found to have committed sexual harassment from attending its meetings, Science reports.

Weizmann Institute of Science researchers have developed an Escherichia coli strain that consumes carbon dioxide, Discover magazine reports.

Breeders in New Zealand may soon take advantage of a genetic breeding program aimed at reducing the amount of methane produced by sheep, according to the Guardian.

The editors of six major scientific journals criticize a rule proposed by the US Environmental Protection Agency, Science News reports.