National Science Foundation
Orange and grapefruit growers devastated by citrus diseases have new hope: CRISPR gene editing
In the past few decades, two bacterial diseases — Huanglongbing (HLB) and citrus canker— have decimated the Florida citrus industry ...
Why humans evolved to be the sweatiest of the Great Apes
Humans have a uniquely high density of sweat glands embedded in their skin — 10 times the density of chimpanzees ...
Fighting Ebola with tobacco plants bioengineered to produce spider silk
There is still no approved drug for Ebola. The closest is the experimental biotherapeutic drug ZMapp, which was in extremely ...