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‘Almost no limit’: Synthetic biology has turned the stuff of science fiction into the stuff of science
Synthetic biology, or the application of engineering principles to the design of life, presents world-changing prospects. Could components of a ...
Tackling cancer with precision medicine
Precision medicine is not really new. Doctors have always wanted to deliver increasingly personalized care. The current term describes a ...
Biotech startup Indigo Ag aims to upend agriculture with microbiology
[David Perry, CEO of Indigo Ag, an agricultural-technology startup headquartered in Boston] sees an opportunity for Indigo Ag to lead ...
World’s largest flower is a parasite that, surprisingly, exchanges genes with its host
[Editor's note: Critics of transgenic GMO crops often argue that the movement of genetic material from one species to another ...
Harvard scientists discover bacteria that fight malaria
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Harvard scientists have made ...
US academia bolstered 20th century eugenics movement, racial purity
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. August 1912, Harvard president emeritus ...
Synthetic internal ‘clock’ could help treat obesity
Non-scientists generally think of “circadian clock” as a metaphoric term. There’s nothing literally ticking away inside the human body, helping ...
Bold new directions for synthetic biology
Armed with powerful new genetic tools and a penchant for tinkering, synthetic biologists have built a new menagerie. Photographic “E. coliroid” ...
Making sense of gene additions and deletions in tumor cells
In a paper published last week in the journal Cell, researchers at Harvard Medical School shed light on a potentially critical factor in ...
