MIT in the media: Innovating and educating for the next 250 years of America
During a "Washington Post Live" panel discussion with ASU President Michael Crow, President Sally Kornbluth explored how universities are preparing the next generation of scientists to lead in America’s rapidly changing technological landscape.
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Q&A: Rethinking how innovation happens
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Solving the solvent problem
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Mutation-induced phenotypic plasticity drives formation of a pro-metastatic tumour-intrinsic niche
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Application of Human Genome Editing Technologies in the Law of Certain States
This article is devoted to the legal regulation of the use of genomic editing technology in individual states. In general, it can be stated that in most legal systems there are restrictions on genomic editing in relation to hereditary genes, however, in rare cases exceptions are allowed, which must be recognized as justified in view of the reality of threats to human life and health. Using the method of comparative legal analysis, the author identifies the most optimal experience that can be useful to the domestic system of law-making on the way to forming legislation in the field of public health protection.