Is science cutting corners… with DNA!? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Gene therapy often hits a roadblock because inserting whole genes usually requires chopping DNA. This risks errors and unwanted mutations. How can we stop the chop? Isaac Witte and team from Harvard developed
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No sunlight and few snacks… sounds like paradise… for an anglerfish! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. For decades, scientists assumed harsh deep-sea conditions limited evolution. No sunlight and fewer resources could lead to fewer weird fish. But is that true? Elizabeth Miller and team
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Ahh, a breath of fresh … biometrics?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. To track wildlife species, researchers analyze environmental DNA – or eDNA – from the air. But sometimes they find PEOPLE’S PRIVATE information. Oops! Take Orestis Nousias and team from University of Florida.
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All hail, King Garfield the First! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. What exactly makes an orange cat… orange? Why are they gingers? Are they IRISH? To find the answer… let’s go to JAPAN… and meet Hidehiro Toh and team at Kyushu University. They compared
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Take a chill pill! For the grandbabies! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Our D-N-A code makes us who we are! But how does stress affect that code? Enter Stephanie King and team at the University of Lethbridge. They investigated how stress is carried across
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Talk about life’s NUMTS and bolts! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Mitochondria – your body’s energy supplier – has a side hustle: inserting their D-N-A into your brain! Should we be afraid?! Enter the Mills team at the University of Michigan. They examined little
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Want a D-N-A glow up?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science… saying eat your veggies! Michael Nshanian and team at Stanford University studied how fiber-packed diets affect cancer. When digested, fiber produces molecules called propionate and butyrate. And they don’t just loosen things up in
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Aww… you have your mother’s… poison?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Ever wish you could “turn off” something you don’t like about yourself? Our genes get turned on and off by D-N-A switches when we’re conceived. But sometimes even that can work against you!
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We can rebuild him! We have the technology. This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. D-N-A is the molecular blueprint of life, so why not change it to our advantage? It’s as easy as…forcing two opposing magnets together. Huh… There must be a way. Enter the
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Can you even imagine a time before … horses? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. In the early two-thousands, archeologists in modern-day Syria found bones of a horse-like creature. The bones were over forty-five hundred years old! But horses weren’t introduced to the area for
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