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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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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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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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