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NewsLettuce could be used to grow drugs on Mars
Infecting plants with a bacterium that can genetically modify plants could be an answer to producing drugs on other planets
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Research
Droplet screening set to accelerate immunotherapies into the clinic
Single-cell technique eliminates inefficiencies when identifying immune cells active against specific cancers
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News
Leading geneticists call for worldwide moratorium on creation of gene-edited children
Five-year pause would give nations breathing space following the birth of the first genetically-modified children in November
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Research
Cracking enzyme structure offers new way to treat rare heart diseases
Solution was found by combining protein with its chaperone
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Research
Genes that make lemons sour revealed
When life gives you lemons, mutate their proton pumps to make them sweeter
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Research
Genetically engineered yeast brews up heady mix of natural and unnatural cannabinoids
Biotech yeast makes low-cost, high-quality THC and CBD – and cannabinoids never seen before – without growing cannabis plants
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Research
‘Predator particles’ give mice infrared vision
Upconversion nanoparticles that bind to rods and cones shift invisible light to look green
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Research
Building block approach creates new metalloproteins
Protein modules can be connected by disulfide linkages while varying the metal ions
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Podcast
Nitrogenase
The mysterious enzyme that can beat the world’s biggest chemical process when it comes to breaking the dinitrogen triple bond
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Research
Eight-letter genetic code hints at how alien life might evolve
Synthetic DNA shows that four bases might not be the only way for life to go
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News
Personalised medicine has failed to live up to the hype, researchers claim
Predictions that Human Genome Project would usher in an era of tailored therapies have largely failed to come true
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News
Rogue Chinese scientist to be punished for creation of first gene-edited humans
Investigation uncovers forged ethical approval documents
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Research
Nanodecoys lure and trap Zika virus
Gelatin nanoparticles camouflaged by mosquito membrane mop up virus and stop it crossing placenta
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Research
Pore-forming toxins detect long strands of DNA
Lithium electrolyte helps aerolysin overcome electrostatic obstacle to detect ssDNA longer than 100 nucleotides
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Opinion
Gene-editing put in the spotlight
What now after a rogue geneticist has created the first genetically modified humans?
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News
Fears of regulatory backlash in wake of gene-edited babies scandal
Chinese scientist behind birth of twins with edited DNA shows little remorse for his actions
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Research
Suspicions of bacteria’s role in rotting wood finally proven
Bacteria have been thought to be involved in breaking down lignin for 40 years but evidence has been hard to come by
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Research
Surface chemistry for biological questions
Rasmita Raval discusses her career exploring the complex behaviour of molecule–surface systems and what it has to do with antibiotic resistance and the origin of life
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Business
Breaking the silence of RNA interference drugs
A wave of treatments is set to follow the first approval of an RNAi therapy
