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MIT’s DIAL System Is Revolutionizing Synthetic Gene Control

Controlling the exact amount of protein a cell produces from a synthetic gene isa tough challenge for genetic engineering teams. Imagine tuning gene activity like a volume dial, not just during initia...

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Oct 14, 2025

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AI Breakthrough: Designing Living Phage Genomes from Scratch

Artificial intelligence has taken a bold leap from designing individual proteins to creating entire viral genomes that function in the real world. Researchers at the Arc Institute and Stanford have ac...

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Sep 17, 2025

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Cell Memory: Cells Remember in Shades, Not Just Black and White

Recent research from MIT is challenging the conventional wisdom about epigenetic memory, suggesting that cells can maintain a wide range of gene expression levels over time. This discovery moves us be...

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Sep 12, 2025

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AI-Designed Drugs Break Through Barriers in Cancer and Alzheimer’s Treatment

Researchers are now leveraging AI to design drugs that target the so-called “undruggable” proteins, unstable, shifting molecules that have evaded traditional therapies for decades. Why Protein Shape M...

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Aug 13, 2025

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AI Powered CRISPR: The Next Generation of Gene Editing Tools

Gene editing has relied on tools discovered in nature, but a new wave of innovation is changing how we create proteins by harnessing artificial intelligence. Scientists can now design custom CRISPR sy...

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Aug 8, 2025

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Turning Plastic Waste into Medicine: Biocompatible Chemistry Breakthrough in E. coli

What if plastic waste didn't end up in landfills or oceans but instead becomes the starting point for life-saving medicines. Researchers researchers are working towards this reality by integrating the...

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Jun 27, 2025

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AlphaGenome: Ushering in a New Era of Genomic Insight with AI

Google DeepMind’s AlphaGenome can read the complex code of your DNA, unlocking secrets that determine health, disease risk, and the subtle mechanisms that make us unique, offering scientists a powerfu...

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Jun 25, 2025

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RNA’s Hidden Structural Powers Are Changing Molecular Biology

For decades, RNA has been seen primarily as a messenger—carrying genetic instructions between DNA and the machinery that makes proteins. But recent research has upended this view, revealing that RNA i...

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May 31, 2025

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Rutgers Scientists Are Turning Living Cells into Smart Biosensors

Envision a future where your own cells can alert doctors to early signs of disease or exposure to environmental toxins—all by using the natural molecules already inside them. This is no longer just sc...

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May 20, 2025

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