Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a technique to observe how radiation damages molecules over time-frames
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Synthetic biologists extend functional life of cancer fighting circuitry in microbes: Researchers shown they can stabilize genetic circuits without getting into the business of fighting evolution
Bioengineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a method to significantly extend the life of gene circuits
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People’s initial immune response to dengue fever analyzed
Researchers have come one step closer to understanding how our immune system responds to acute dengue fever, a disease that
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Using gene editing, neuroscientists develop a new model for autism
Using the genome-editing system CRISPR, researchers at MIT and in China have engineered macaque monkeys to express a gene mutation
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How can governments fight antimicrobial resistance with policy?
Governments have a wide variety of policy options at their disposal to respond to the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance,
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New insights into cardiovascular disease from evolutionary biology
Progress in reducing cardiovascular disease is stalling in the United States. Development of new ways of preventing and treating cardiovascular
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Interplay between mitochondria and nucleus may have implications for new treatment
Mitochondria, the ‘batteries’ that produce our energy, interact with the cell’s nucleus in subtle ways previously unseen in humans, according
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A platform for rapidly profiling mutations and gene expression offers valuable insights into cancer biology
A tumor can contain remarkable diversity, where even neighboring cells may differ greatly in terms of the mutations they contain.
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Molecules with strong anti-Zika virus potential: The finding might also have application in developing anti-parasite and antibacterial treatments
The Zika virus is widely known for causing microcephaly and other brain defects in the fetuses of pregnant, infected women.
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Leukocytes use their nucleus as a ruler to choose path of least resistance: Mobile cells move around obstacles in dense tissue by selecting for larger pore sizes
How do mobile cell types like leukocytes or metastatic cancer cells reach their place of action during immune surveillance or
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