A device dubbed the “mother machine” enables real-time observation of mutagenesis in single bacterial cells.  

George Church is at it again, this time using multiplex gene editing to create virus-proof cells, improve organ transplant success, and protect elephants.

Transposon mutagenesis give scientists a rare look at the most important interactions within microbial communities.

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In record time, scientists have gone from harvesting antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 from survivors of coronavirus infections to testing the antibodies’ safety as a drug in humans.

Two studies demonstrate that individual Golgi cisternae mature from early to late, potentially resolving long debate

New innovations could bring tailored, fast, and cheap sequencing to the masses.

Graphic: Leza BerardoneA technique not deemed "sexy" enough for commercialization a decade ago may finally find its niche in proteomics. SomaLogic Inc. of Boulder, Colo. is pioneering aptamers, which are modified DNA molecules that bind specific proteins in body fluid samples. Aptamers are initially selected for specific binding activities from a huge starting pool, then variants are obtained during subsequent rounds of amplification. The technology builds on the ability of aptamers to bind tena

Everyone knows that the first genome sequencing projects took years of work and represent the combined product of tens of thousands of individual fragments.