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Tuesday, May 19: Today in Gold and Silver

NEW YORK (TheStreet) — The gold price didn’t do much in most of Far East trading on their Monday.  There was a bit of spike starting shortly before 2 p.m. Hong Kong time, but that was capped shortly before the London open—and it chopped lower for the remainder of the Monday session both in London and New York. For the most part, the gold price traded within a ten dollar

U.S. science leaders to tackle ethics of gene-editing technology

The leading U.S. scientific organization, responding to concerns expressed by scientists and ethicists, has launched an ambitious initiative to recommend guidelines for new genetic technology that has the potential to create “designer babies.” The technology, called CRISPR-Cas9, allows scientists to edit virtually any gene they target. The technique has taken biology by storm, igniting fierce patent battles between start-up companies and universities that say it could prove as profitable and