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    Designer IVF Babies - 0ne step closer

    • Episode 987 • Release 227

    People undergoing in vitro fertilization or IVF screen have their embryos screened for genetic disease before choosing one. It's called preimplantation genetic testing. Now, a new test goes a step further.

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    Cats and Smell

    • Episode 986 • Release 227

    Does your cat spend a lot of time sniffing everything around her? Mine does—especially my shoes! Sniffing is a way cats explore, and now a new study from Tokyo helps us understand how they respond to scent.

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    Where did the HIV Resistance Gene come FroM

    • Episode 985 • Release 226

    A gene mutation that can cure AIDS is now linked to people who lived near the Black Sea between the Stone Age and Viking Age. That's up to nine thousand years ago. The gene, CCR-five delta thirty-two, codes for a protein on immune cells and is how HIV enters some of those cells.

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    Screening When Breasts are Dense

    • Episode 983 • Release 226

    Many women who recently learned they have dense breast tissue may not know that extra screening can save lives. A new study of 9,000 UK women questioned whether extra screening can find cancer and which types are best. The short answer is yes. There are three types of scans and they all beat regular mammograms. The Automated Breast Ultrasound uses 3D ultrasound technology to image the entire breast.

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    The Dire Wolf is Back...Maybe

    • Episode 982 • Release 226

    Three new babies have gotten a lot of attention – which happens when you attempt to bring back the dead! Colossal Biosciences is a biotech company that has recreated the extinct dire wolf and cloned three puppies.

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