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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.
Tracking Community Health Through Wastewater Surveillance
Charlene Lancaster, PhD
| Feb 1, 2024
| 8 min read
By monitoring disease biomarkers within wastewater, researchers gain insight into disease prevalence within communities.
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.
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Biotium
| Mar 1, 2024
| 7 min read
A green fluorescent dye with a novel DNA binding mechanism improves signal-to-noise in different DNA amplification assays.
Opinion: Manuscripts and Art Support Archaeological Evidence that Syphilis Was in Europe Long Before Explorers Could Have Brought It Home from the Americas
Marylynn Salmon,
The Conversation
| Jul 13, 2022
| 5 min read
Multiple lines of evidence contradict the idea that the disease came to Europe via trans-Atlantic exchange.
Robert Murphy Bets Self-Driving Instruments Will Crack Biology’s Mysteries
Shawna Williams
| May 1, 2019
| 9 min read
The Carnegie Mellon computational biologist thinks machine learning algorithms can direct high-throughput experiments to solve the field’s unanswered questions.
Are Phages Overlooked Mediators of Health and Disease?
Catherine Offord
| Feb 1, 2021
| 10+ min read
Bacteria-infecting viruses affect the composition and behavior of microbes in the mammalian gut—and perhaps influence human biology.
Stanley Falkow, Father of Molecular Microbial Pathogenesis, Dies
Catherine Offord
| May 9, 2018
| 3 min read
The microbiologist was known for his work on bacterial antibiotic resistance and infectious disease.
Can Genetics Explain Human Behavior?
Bill Sullivan
| Sep 1, 2019
| 3 min read
The author of a new book about emerging concepts in human genetics considers the question.
Cooperation and Cheating
Mariella Bodemeier Loayza Careaga, PhD
| Jun 1, 2023
| 6 min read
Bacteria cooperate to benefit the collective, but cheaters can rig the system. How is the balance maintained?
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