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Probably A (Possibly C, G or T)

Probably A (Possibly C, G or T)

Two decades ago, I worked on the Human Genome Project. All day, I scrutinized eye-glazing stretches of A’s, G’s, C’s and T’s, cloned bits from a composite human genome. Our team analyzed the sequence, closed…

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Closing The Education Divide

In the Arab world, sheer numbers call for leap-frogging into digital learning, said Maysa Jalbout, CEO of the Abdulla Al Ghurair Foundation for Education. Over half the 385 million people who live the region are…

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Patients With Passports

Four years ago, author Maggi Ann Grace’s partner, a building contractor, learned that he had a defective heart valve. The uninsured 50-something American did not have $200,000 for heart surgery, but the state medical system,…

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