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There's chlorine in your drinking water, America. Or maybe there's a different chlorine compound called chloramine. This isn't meant to alarm you, though of course it's alarming to many.

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They hope to do this is by creating “null” alleles—essentially wiping out a gene’s function. Scientists have long used this method to screen individual genes related to various diseases, but MorPhiC ...

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A big fire at a lab near Atlanta spewed chemicals into the air. Here’s what we know. The Georgia chemical plant fire, explained.

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