Jeffrey Marlow
Predicting epidemics and viral outbreaks faces roadblocks, budget constraints
The bat-whisperer is Dr. Prime Mulembakani, and along with a couple of colleagues from the [Democratic Republic of the Congo]’s ...
Could life on Earth have started without the ‘fundamental’ periodic elements?
Biologists have traditionally assumed that [carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorous, and sulfur] were prerequisites, as each one is found in ...
Vanillin: Forerunner of synthetic biology flavors
Both the natural and chemical methods to make vanilla are costly and environmentally burdensome, but a new approach using the ...
How biotech is revolutionizing personalized medicine
Over the last several decades, DNA – the genetic material of life as we know it – has completed a remarkable ...
Predicting behavior based on our genes just got more complicated
How can we predict organisms behavior and physiology from their genomes? The language of DNA was always thought to be ...
Building a future with synthetic biology
The following is an edited excerpt. The potential magnitude of human intervention is greater today than ever before. Before the ...
