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In the largest genetic analysis of polycystic ovary syndrome to date, scientists have identified new variants linked to the ...

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Scientists at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography have described a new way to produce large amounts of xanthommatin, a natural pigment, in a bacterium for the first time. Xanthommatin ...

The stakes could scarcely be higher. Scientists make key breakthrough in effort to protect food supply: 'We can better ...

diSArm clinical trial is that our phages injected intravenously can home in to the site of infection, penetrate biofilms, infect, and lyse S. aureus. Many deaths post flu, and most likely also ...

Over the past two decades, synthetic biology has fueled advancements across a broad range of disciplines, including agriculture, bioremediation, biofuel production, and chemical manufacturing. Today, ...

In experiments, researchers showed that the disease-spreading insects couldn’t resist the sweet smell of a fungus that infected and killed them.

In a world first, a bespoke gene-editing therapy benefitted one child. Now reseachers plan to launch a clinical trial of the ...

Professor David Williams, a New Zealander working on gene therapy at UCLA, has warned that the Bill is “unfair to farmers” and based on false assumptions about precision and safety. He points to ...