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Carmanah Tree

UBC scientists find high mutation rates generating genetic diversity within huge, old-growth trees

The towering, hundred-year-old Sitka spruce trees growing in the heart of Vancouver Island’s Carmanah Valley appear placid and unchanging.

Jul 8, 2019

Ballsy enough to get treatment for scrotal pain?

Ballsy enough to get treatment for scrotal pain?

A mention of scrotal pain may give some grownups the giggles, but for the men who experience it, it’s no laughing matter.

Jul 8, 2019

UBC scientists capture images of gene-editing enzymes in action

UBC scientists capture images of gene-editing enzymes in action

For the first time, scientists have captured high-resolution, three-dimensional images of an enzyme in the process of precisely cutting DNA strands.

Jul 8, 2019