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Advancing our understanding of life’s design rules: seven genes tame simple synthetic cell division

April 6, 2021
Recent results in cellular engineering bring us one step closer to understanding the fundamental design rules that govern life. Building on the construction of the first synthetic cell in 2010,...

Bringing DNA sequencing to the frontlines in the fight against anti-microbial resistance

March 10, 2021
The future may see DNA sequencing as a routine bacterial diagnostic technique in hospitals and clinical care settings. An interdisciplinary network of academics and industry experts aim to bring the...

Towards ‘Zero Leprosy’ – model shows 40 million people need preventive treatment

March 5, 2021
As the world considers strategies towards 'Zero COVID', research specialists also continue to work on eliminating the many other infectious diseases we have learned to 'live with'. Now, new research...

Meet the baby tyrannosaurs – dog-sized and looking just like mum and dad

January 29, 2021
Imagine mini tyrannosaurs running around your legs like collie dogs! They may have grown to 40 feet as adults, but baby tyrannosaurs looked like their parents when they first hatched...

Dire wolves evolved in isolation from gray wolves

January 15, 2021
Reality is more interesting than myth, and all Game of Throne fans who fell in love with Lady, Grey Wind, Ghost and the Stark family's direwolf pack can celebrate in...

Vital biodiversity collections face drop in specimen deposits

January 1, 2021
Kansas researchers argue that expanded biodiversity infrastructure will be an essential front line of defense in pandemic preparedness in the wake of COVID-19 as preserved specimens capture the community of...

RNA molecules are masters of their own destiny

December 22, 2020
How does the cell know when to stop transcribing? What is the purpose of noncoding RNAs? Another win for multi-disciplinary research as results from the Whitehead Institute suggest that the...

CRISPR vs COVID-19: the clues in our genes

October 28, 2020
Does our genetic makeup make us more or less susceptible to COVID-19? Can genetic analysis help us understand immune response to SARS-CoV-2 virus and even find drug targets to assist...

NASA Astronaut Kate Rubins, Crewmates Arrive Safely at Space Station

October 19, 2020
NASA astronaut Kate Rubins and two Russian cosmonauts arrived aboard the International Space Station on 14 October, returning a medical researcher to the orbiting laboratory ahead of the 20th anniversary...

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