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From genetically modified mosquitoes to clinical therapies, learn how scientists apply gene editing techniques to answer a range of important research questions.
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Infographic: The Cre-lox System Explained

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Reversing Hearing Loss

Julie Trolle and Jef Boeke

Self Sufficient Cells?

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Smelly Skin Compounds Draw Mosquitoes to Some People More than Others

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Katharina Höfer Probes the Machinery of Bacterial Gene Expression

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Man Receives Transplanted Heart from Genetically Modified Pig

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Surgeons Successfully Transplant a Pig Kidney into a Person

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Identical Twins Carry Distinctive Epigenetic Marks: Study

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First US Field Test of GM Mosquitoes Begins in Florida

FDA Clears Genetic Modification in Pigs for Biomedicine and Food

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The Long Road to Edible Cottonseed

Genetically Modified Wheat Found in a Field in Washington State

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Infographic: Plant Genome Editors Get A New Tool

Poliovirus Therapy May Extend Lives of Advanced Brain-Cancer Patients

Technique Adapted from CRISPR-Cas9 Corrects Mutation in Human Embryos

45 Feet High and Rising

Improving Tomato Flavor, Genetically

Plan to Fight Zika with GM Mosquitoes in Florida Faces Opposition

Gene Editing Without Foreign DNA

Nutrient-Control for GM Bacteria

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Biomedical Informatician Atul Butte Dies at 55

An illustration showing the accumulation of amyloid plaques between nerve cells, which is the underlying cause of disorders like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease.

A Gut Pathogen’s Unexpected Weapon Against Amyloid Diseases

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Universe 25 Experiment

Two domesticated animals, a red border collie dog and horse together at sunset.

The Genes That Shaped Pets and Domesticated Livestock

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Taking Control of Cellular Contamination with PCR Testing

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Electronic Records in Cell Culture Management

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June 2025, Issue 1

Nergal Networks: Where Friendship Meets Infection

A citizen science game explores how social choices and networks can influence how an illness moves through a population.

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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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