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REGIONAL CITIES
Forecast
SATURDAY
TODAY
Plenty of sunshine
Sunny and hot
93° 61°
97° 63°
SUNDAY
MONDAY
Hot with plenty
of sun
Blazing sunshine
and hot
PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
97° 61°
99° 65°
104° 70°
HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
96° 61°
100° 64°
PENDLETON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
HIGH
LOW
92°
90°
110° (1939)
64°
60°
41° (1894)
PRECIPITATION
24 hours ending 3 p.m.
Month to date
Normal month to date
Year to date
Last year to date
Normal year to date
0.00"
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0.30"
11.30"
7.27"
7.88"
through 3 p.m. yesterday
HIGH
LOW
94°
90°
112° (1939)
72°
60°
41° (1932)
0.00"
0.00"
0.19"
6.59"
4.94"
5.89"
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July 30
Aug 7
5:34 a.m.
8:29 p.m.
11:37 a.m.
11:33 p.m.
Last
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Aug 14
John Day
94/61
Ontario
99/66
Bend
91/56
Burns
93/53
Caldwell
98/63
Astoria
Baker City
Bend
Brookings
Burns
Enterprise
Eugene
Heppner
Hermiston
John Day
Klamath Falls
La Grande
Meacham
Medford
Newport
North Bend
Ontario
Pasco
Pendleton
Portland
Redmond
Salem
Spokane
Ukiah
Vancouver
Walla Walla
Yakima
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Hong Kong
Jerusalem
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Moscow
Paris
Rome
Seoul
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Medford
96/63
PRECIPITATION
Sunrise today
Sunset tonight
Moonrise today
Moonset today
First
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Albany
85/52
Eugene
85/50
TEMPERATURE
24 hours ending 3 p.m.
Month to date
Normal month to date
Year to date
Last year to date
Normal year to date
107° 71°
Spokane
Wenatchee
89/62
92/63
Tacoma
Moses
80/52
Lake
Pullman
Aberdeen Olympia
Yakima 93/56
89/55
70/53
81/51
96/58
Longview
Kennewick Walla Walla
79/54
95/67 Lewiston
97/57
Astoria
97/65
68/53
Portland
Enterprise
Hermiston
83/56
Pendleton 88/56
The Dalles 96/61
93/61
93/62
La Grande
Salem
92/58
86/54
Corvallis
85/51
HERMISTON
Yesterday
Normals
Records
101° 63°
Seattle
79/56
ALMANAC
Yesterday
Normals
Records
100° 62°
Today
TUESDAY
Plenty of sunshine
Friday, July 28, 2017
(in mph)
Boardman
Pendleton
Klamath Falls
90/52
REGIONAL FORECAST
Eastern Washington: Brilliant sunshine to-
day. Clear tonight. Plenty of sun tomorrow.
Eastern and Central Oregon: Partly sunny
today, except sunnier across the north.
Mainly clear tonight.
Western Washington: Mostly sunny today,
except some clouds at the coast.
Cascades: Mostly sunny today. Clear
tonight. Plenty of sun tomorrow; pleasant
across the north.
Northern California: Partly sunny at the
coast today; hot in central parts. Sunny
elsewhere.
Aug 21
Saturday
WSW 4-8
NW 4-8
UV INDEX TODAY
Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
Coastal Oregon: Times of clouds and sun
today.
Today
WSW 4-8
WNW 4-8
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By MARILYNN MARCHIONE
AP Chief Medical Writer
For the first time in the
United States, scientists have
edited the genes of human
embryos, a controversial
step toward someday helping
babies
avoid
inherited
diseases.
The experiment was just
an exercise in science — the
embryos were not allowed
to develop for more than a
few days and were never
intended to be implanted into
a womb, according to MIT
Technology Review, which
first reported the news.
Officials
at
Oregon
Health & Science University
confirmed Thursday that the
work took place there and said
results would be published in
a journal soon. It is thought to
be the first such work in the
U.S.; previous experiments
like this have been reported
from China. How many
embryos were created and
edited in the experiments has
not been revealed.
The Oregon scientists
reportedly used a technique
called CRISPR, which allows
specific sections of DNA to
be altered or replaced. It’s
like using a molecular scis-
sors to cut and paste DNA,
and is much more precise
than some types of gene
therapy that cannot ensure
that desired changes will take
place exactly where and as
intended. With gene editing,
these so-called “germline”
changes are permanent and
would be passed down to any
offspring.
The approach holds great
potential to avoid many
genetic diseases, but has
raised fears of “designer
babies” if done for less lofty
reasons, such as producing
desirable traits.
Last year, Britain said
some of its scientists could
edit embryo genes to better
understand human develop-
ment.
And earlier this year in the
U.S., the National Academy
of Sciences and National
“Any such experiment aimed at a
pregnancy would need FDA approval,
and the agency is currently not allowed
to even consider such a request.”
— R. Alta Charo, University of Wisconsin-Madison
bioethicist
Academy of Medicine said in
a report that altering the genes
of embryos might be OK if
done under strict criteria and
aimed at preventing serious
disease.
“This is the kind of
research that the report
discussed,” University of
Wisconsin-Madison bioeth-
icist R. Alta Charo said of
the news of Oregon’s work.
She co-led the National
Academies panel but was
not commenting on its behalf
Thursday.
“This was purely labo-
ratory-based work that is
incredibly valuable for
helping us understand how
one might make these germ-
line changes in a way that is
precise and safe. But it’s only
a first step,” she said.
“We still have regulatory
barriers in the United States
to ever trying this to achieve
a pregnancy. The public has
plenty of time” to weigh in
on whether that should occur,
she said. “Any such experi-
ment aimed at a pregnancy
would need FDA approval,
and the agency is currently
not allowed to even consider
such a request” because of
limits set by Congress.
One prominent genetics
expert, Dr. Eric Topol,
director of the Scripps Trans-
lational Science Institute
in La Jolla, California, said
gene editing of embryos is
“an unstoppable, inevitable
science, and this is more
proof it can be done.”
Experiments are in the
works now in the U.S. using
gene-edited cells to try to
treat people with various
diseases, but “in order to
really have a cure, you want
to get this at the embryo
stage,” he said. “If it isn’t
Corrections
done in this country, it will be
done elsewhere.”
There are other ways that
some parents who know
they carry a problem gene
can avoid passing it to their
children, he added. They
can create embryos through
in vitro fertilization, screen
them in the lab and implant
only ones free of the defect.
Dr. Robert C. Green, a
medical geneticist at Harvard
Medical School, said the
prospect of editing embryos
to avoid disease “is inevitable
and exciting,” and that “with
proper controls in place,
it’s going to lead to huge
advances in human health.”
The need for it is clear,
he added: “Our research
has suggested that there are
far more disease-associated
mutations in the general
public than was previously
suspected.”
Hank Greely, director of
Stanford University’s Center
for Law and the Biosciences,
called CRISPR “the most
exciting thing I’ve seen in
biology in the 25 years I’ve
been watching it,” with
tremendous possibilities to
aid human health.
“Everybody should calm
down” because this is just
one of many steps advancing
the science, and there are
regulatory safeguards already
in place. “We’ve got time to
do it carefully,” he said.
Michael Watson, execu-
tive director of the American
College of Medical Genetics
and Genomics, said the
college thinks that any work
aimed at pregnancy is prema-
ture, but the lab work is a
necessary first step.
“That’s the only way
we’re going to learn” if it’s
safe or feasible, he said.
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Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states)
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Low 34° in Truckee, Calif.
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In U.S. first, Portland scientists
edit genes of human embryos
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Governor
authorizes
National Guard
for solar eclipse
PORTLAND (AP)
— Gov. Kate Brown is
authorizing the Oregon
National Guard to deploy
soldiers to help deal with
an influx of tourists during
next month’s total solar
eclipse.
Oregon Public Broad-
casting reports that the
National Guard will stage
six aircraft and about 150
soldiers and airmen ahead
of the Aug. 21 celestial
event.
The moon’s shadow
first hits Oregon as the
moon passes between the
Earth and the sun and up
to 1 million people are
expected to visit the state
to see it.
State and local govern-
ments have been planning
for months to prepare for
an influx of people that
could jam highways and
stretch resources.
The eclipse coincides
with peak wildfire season
in Oregon and the National
Guard could help fight fires
if necessary.
House explosion
caused by attempt
to make hash oil
PORTLAND (AP) —
Authorities say a fire that
killed two men in North
Portland was caused by a
hash oil explosion.
Portland Fire & Rescue
says 42-year-old Matthew
McCrann died at the
BRIEFLY
hospital after Monday’s
fire and the body of a
second victim, 68-year-old
Richard Cisler, was found
in the debris.
Hashish oil is concen-
trated marijuana, and its
production can be a fire
risk because it’s prepared
using butane.
Cisler’s brother, Earl,
told KOIN-TV that his
brother was working at
McCrann’s home on a
remodeling project.
or filming into someone’s
house.
West says his actions
are not harassment. His
lawyer argued that West
does not pose a public
safety risk.
Portland police
Two men charged arrest man in fire
after filming public that killed two
PORTLAND (AP)
officials’ homes
— Police say they’ve
PORTLAND (AP)
— Two men known
for recording Portland
city council meetings,
police arrests and local
protests are facing charges
and have bail amounts
typically reserved for
violent crimes.
The Oregonian/
OregonLive reports
Robert West and Eli
Richey were charged
with a misdemeanor for
unlawfully obtaining
communications after
the men went to film
Portland police officers
and Multnomah County
District Attorney’s homes
and got close-up images
of their home addresses
and personal license plate
numbers.
Richey is also accused
of trespass and telephonic
harassment.
Under Oregon law,
citizens are allowed to
film law enforcement. The
law does not cover filming
people on private property
arrested a 28-year-old
man in connection with
an apartment complex fire
that killed two people in
Portland last weekend.
Authorities said
Ryan Thomas Monaco
was booked into the
Multnomah County Jail
Thursday afternoon on
charges of aggravated
murder and first-degree
arson, and that he was due
to be arraigned on Friday.
It was not immediately
known if he had an
attorney.
The fire tore through the
Camp Manor Apartments
in Northeast Portland
early Sunday morning,
displacing about two dozen
people. Authorities have
not released the identities
of the two people killed
as they are still trying to
locate and notify family
members.
Investigators did not
provided any further
information about the
investigation.
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