We know the basics of healthy living by now. A balanced diet, regular exercise, and stress reduction can help us avoid heart disease—the world’s biggest killer....
That vision is not far off, researchers say. Advances in gene editing, and CRISPR technology in particular, may soon make it possible. In the early days,...
But catfish farming is also a great breeding ground for infections. From the time farmed fish are newly hatched to the time they are harvested, around...
Scientists have found that a gene known as the “guardian of the genome” plays a major role in the development of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. The study,...
So far, B cells haven’t gotten the same attention—indeed, genetically engineered versions have never been tested in a human. That’s partly because “engineering B cells is not...
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. The US military wants...
Still, many relevant crop species are closely related to Arabidopsis, including broccoli and brussels sprouts. And because the salicylic acid pathway is present in many different...
Some newer biotech drugs involve injections twice a month, or even just twice a year. These drugs are quite powerful, and Braunwald recently speculated what would...
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