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A boy who nearly died when disease stripped most of the skin from his body, is playing soccer two years after he received a...
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The genome editing technique CRISPR has revolutionized scientific research, as Digital Journal has reported (see: “Is CRISPR technology set to change biological science?”). This...
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Once described by a detractor as smelling of “turpentine and onions, garnished with a gym sock”, southeast Asia’s durian fruit leaves no-one unmoved —...
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The development comes from the University of California, Berkeley. Success with the new delivery system saw an 18-times-higher correction rate together with a two-fold...
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The research comes from the University of Edinburgh, where scientists have mapped which genes are switched on and which are turned off within the...
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The map is the result of one of the biggest efforts in biological science: to construct a comprehensive catalog of genetic vulnerabilities in cancer....
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The application of artificial intelligence is the research focus of start-up company Insilico Medicine. The medical technology company is developing artificial intelligence algorithms to...
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Scientists have successfully edited the genetic code of piglets to remove dormant viral infections, a breakthrough that could eventually pave the way for animal-to-human...
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A new way to use DNA to peer into the history of humanity is rewriting what experts know about our long-extinct cousins, the Neanderthals,...
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Researchers from the Université Paris-Sud have re-created what they believe is the original flower from which all flowering plants on Earth came from, using...