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Engineering the Microbiome: CRISPR Leads the Way
Mariella Bodemeier Loayza Careaga, PhD
| Mar 15, 2024
| 10+ min read
Scientists have genetically modified isolated microbes for decades. Now, using CRISPR, they intend to target entire microbiomes.
CRISPR Gene Drives and the Future of Evolution
Hannah Thomasy, PhD
| Mar 15, 2024
| 10+ min read
Genetic engineering pioneer Kevin Esvelt’s work highlights biotechnology’s immense potential for good—but also for catastrophe.
2022 Top 10 Innovations
The Scientist
| Dec 12, 2022
| 10+ min read
This year’s crop of winning products features many with a clinical focus and others that represent significant advances in sequencing, single-cell analysis, and more.
Genome Spotlight: C-fern (
Ceratopteris richardii
)
Christie Wilcox, PhD
| Sep 22, 2022
| 5 min read
Sequences for the model organism and two of its kin reveal how these plants got their oversized genomes.
Defying Dogma: Decentralized Translation in Neurons
Danielle Gerhard, PhD
| Sep 8, 2023
| 10+ min read
To understand how memories are formed and maintained, neuroscientists travel far beyond the cell body in search of answers.
The Genetics of Society
Claire Asher and Seirian Sumner
| Jan 1, 2015
| 10 min read
Researchers aim to unravel the molecular mechanisms by which a single genotype gives rise to diverse castes in eusocial organisms.
HeLa Cells from Different Labs Vary in Genetics, Phenotype
Katarina Zimmer
| Feb 26, 2019
| 4 min read
This could account for some reproducibility problems in cell line research, according to the authors of a comprehensive analysis of HeLa variants.
Are We In the Midst of a Silent Mass Extinction?
Andy Carstens
| Sep 22, 2022
| 7 min read
A new modeling technique aims to help scientists and policymakers detect declines in genetic diversity based on habitat loss.
Capsule Reviews
Bob Grant
| Feb 1, 2016
| 3 min read
What Should a Clever Moose Eat?, The Illusion of God's Presence, GMO Sapiens
, and
Why We Snap
Dandruff Genomics
Brendan Borrell
| May 1, 2008
| 7 min read
At Procter & Gamble, Thomas Dawson has led the charge to put more biology in every bottle of shampoo.
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