Biological Sciences
Genetic engineers and genomics researchers should welcome the news from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) where an international team of scientists has discovered a new and possibly more effective means of editing genomes.
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According to an old country song, the only two things money can't buy are true love and homegrown tomatoes....
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Researchers rediscover a giant insect, thought to have gone extinct a century ago, and plan to reintroduce it to its native island off the coast of Australia.
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The rise of ocean infrastructure development to tap energy sources such as tides, offshore wind and natural gas will require more pile driving. A new lab test shows how destructive that process can be to marine life.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists have developed a new method to create antimicrobials that kill disease-causing pathogens. These antimicrobials can be used as an alternative to antibiotics.
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Regenerative medicine researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center have reached an early milestone in a long-term project that aims to build replacement kidneys in the lab to help solve the shortage of donor organs.
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Modern science is immensely complex, but Professor Virginia Cornish had a simple idea for solving a big problem....
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A protein required to regrow injured peripheral nerves has been identified by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
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Arizona State University has been awarded a four-year contract from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency of the U.S. Department of Defense to develop a novel diagnostic technology called immunosignaturing.
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Lines in US registry will help studies on Huntington’s disease, hemophilia & more.
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They may be small in scale, but they have big implications for a range of fields – such as targeted drug delivery or cleaning up oil spills.
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The WHO has upgraded exhaust fumes from diesel engines from a “probable” carcinogen to a toxin that does cause cancer.
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