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By extending its reach beyond science, the field of omics will change the way we live our lives.
Large-scale data collection and analysis have fundamentally altered the process and mind-set of biological research.
Considered a renegade by his peers, Nobel Prize-winner Eric Kandel used a simple model to probe the neural circuitry of memory.
Learn about the field’s first genetic circuits and read forecasts by George M. Church and J. Craig Venter of a future where man-made organisms pump out novel fuels, drugs, and therapies.
Gut bacteria may be the missing piece that explains the connection between diet and cancer risk.
An account of the path to realizing tools for controlling brain circuits with light
The study of how covalent marks on DNA and histones are involved in the origin and spread of cancer cells is also leading to new therapeutic strategies.
The minority of Parkinson’s cases now known to have genetic origins are shedding light on the cellular mechanisms of all the rest, bringing researchers closer to a cause—and perhaps a cure.
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