DNA molecules are well known as carriers of huge amounts of biological information, and there is growing interest in using DNA in engineered data storage devices that can hold vastly more data than our current hard drives. ...
Biotechnology
Jul 3, 2019
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Taking advantage of powerful advances in CRISPR gene editing, scientists at the University of California San Diego have set their sights on one of society's most formidable threats to human health.
Biotechnology
Dec 16, 2019
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One of the grand challenges with using CRISPR-based gene editing on humans is that the molecular machinery sometimes makes changes to the wrong section of a host's genome, creating the possibility that an attempt to repair ...
Biotechnology
Mar 2, 2022
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698
Financial conflicts of interest were found in 40 percent of published research articles on the genetically modified crops, also known as GMO crops, French researchers said this week.
Biotechnology
Dec 16, 2016
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A fungus living in the sea can break down the plastic polyethylene, provided it has first been exposed to UV radiation from sunlight. Researchers from, among others, NIOZ published their results in the journal Science of ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 3, 2024
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656
Striking evidence has emerged that an ancient virus previously known only from fossil evidence has persistently infected some humans at very low levels for hundreds of thousands or even millions of years. This ancient retrovirus ...
Biotechnology
Apr 4, 2016
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The common cultivated tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L. var. lycopersicum; or (SLL)) is among the world's most widely grown vegetable crops, from big agricultural farms to heirloom grown varieties.
Evolution
Jan 7, 2020
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Manipulating RNA can allow plants to yield dramatically more crops, as well as increasing drought tolerance, announced a group of scientists from the University of Chicago, Peking University and Guizhou University.
Biotechnology
Jul 22, 2021
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Bacteria normally found 30km above the earth have been identified as highly efficient generators of electricity.
Biotechnology
Feb 21, 2012
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Scientists at the University of Nottingham have discovered surface patterns that can drastically reduce bacteria's ability to multiply on plastics, which means that infections on medical devices, such as catheters, could ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 18, 2025
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