This Week in Science: Jan 15, 2016

Jan 15, 2016

In this week's Science, a team led by University of California, Berkeley, researchers presents new details about how the genome-editing technology CRISPR/Cas9 identifies and positions its target DNA. In the CRISPR process, the enzyme Cas9 is directed to its target by an RNA-DNA hybrid helix in an R-loop formation.

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The Scan

Fetal Tissue Policy Changes Expected

According to the Washington Post, the Biden Administration is set to make changes to federal restrictions on fetal tissue research.

Mix of Human and Monkey

NPR reports that researchers have developed chimeric embryos as part of work toward growing human organs in animals for organ transplants.

Science Papers on Approach to Isolate DNA from Sediment, Algorithm to Construct Signaling Networks

In Science this week: approach to isolated trace DNA from archaic humans from sediments, and more.

Sequencing the Zoo

Texas Monthly looks into the DNA Zoo being collected by Baylor College of Medicine researchers.

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