October 2017

A Natural Archive

The practical challenges of storing data in DNA

Features

European Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) adult with advanced stages of myxomatosis Eccles-on-Sea, Norfolk, UK. October

Do Pathogens Gain Virulence as Hosts Become More Resistant?

Macrophages Are the Ultimate Multitaskers

Contributors

Contributors

Editorial

Puzzle Me This

Speaking of Science

Ten-Minute Sabbatical

Notebook

Meet the Transgenic Silkworms That Are Spinning Out Spider Silk

Researchers Argue for Considering Lab Animals’ Perspective in Housing Decisions

Teaching Humans to Echolocate

Bitter Taste Receptors in Uterus May One Day Help Prevent Premature Birth

Freeze Frame

Caught on Camera

Modus Operandi

Live Cell Extractions

Cover Story

Making DNA Data Storage a Reality

The Literature

Paused RNA Polymerase Quashes New Initiation of Transcription

Microglia Turnover in the Human Brain

Insect Deploys Anti-Antiaphrodisiac

Profiles

Damage Patroller

Scientist to Watch

Harald Janovjak Bends Cells and Receptors to His Will

Lab Tools

Drugging the Disorderome

Designer DNA

Bio Business

Flux and Uncertainty in the CRISPR Patent Landscape

Reading Frames

When Dogs Offer Insights into Tigers

Foundations

Bathtub Bloodbath, 1793

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Maximizing Lentivirus Recovery

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Unraveling Complex Biology with Advanced Multiomics Technology

Unraveling Complex Biology with Five-Dimensional Multiomics

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Resurrecting Plant Defense Mechanisms to Avoid Crop Pathogens

Resurrecting Plant Defense Mechanisms to Avoid Crop Pathogens

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Seeing and Sorting with Confidence

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Products

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Waters Enhances Alliance iS HPLC System Software, Setting a New Standard for End-to-End Traceability and Data Integrity 

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Agilent Unveils the Next Generation in LC-Mass Detection: The InfinityLab Pro iQ Series

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Agilent Announces the Enhanced 8850 Gas Chromatograph

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