New Atlas
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Directed evolution tool could force viruses to churn out new drugs ‘in a matter of days’
Evolution is one of nature's most impressive forces, allowing organisms to adapt to changing environments to survive. By harnessing and ...
Video: Robot dinosaurs show us how flight evolved
Modern birds are believed to have evolved from certain types of dinosaurs, and the transitional species Archaeopteryx sits neatly in ...
Peering back in time: Engineered synthetic organisms could help answer key evolutionary questions
Evolution is the accepted explanation for life's diversity today, but there are still some holes in the process that we ...
Why does CRISPR randomly fail 15% of the time?
The CRISPR gene editing process is known to fail about 15 percent of the time. These random failures have until ...
Natural insecticide from tobacco plants could fend off crop pests without killing them
Although it's associated with nasty cigarettes, the tobacco plant is also a potential source of vaccines, biofuel and antibiotics. Now, a chemical from the ...
Unable to gain weight: Mice kept thin by blocking fat-storing enzyme
A compelling study from a team of researchers at the University of Copenhagen has demonstrated a way to completely stop ...
Implanted artificial mole could be early warning system for prostate, lung, colon, breast cancer
[R]esearchers at ETH Zurich have developed a novel early warning system for four common types of cancer. An implant keeps ...
CRISPR-edited mosquitoes could dramatically reduce more than 200 million annual cases of malaria
Swatting at mosquitoes is a great start, but if we really want to cut down on the hundreds of millions ...
‘Supercharged’ T-cells show promise against Hodgkin’s lymphoma
Cancer has been winning the arms race against the immune system for too long, but scientists are developing plenty of ...
‘Living tattoo’ made with 3D-printed bacteria responds to stimuli
A team at MIT has genetically modified bacteria cells and developed a new 3D printing technique to create a "living ...
FDA likely to approve hereditary blindness gene therapy
[A]nother gene therapy is on the cusp of approval, this time to treat a form of hereditary blindness. If given ...
Non-celiac gluten sensitivity may actually be caused by fructan
Although only one percent of the population are affected by celiac disease, gluten-free diets have become a major food trend ...
Muscular dystrophy in dogs reversed with gene therapy–are children next?
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is the most common and, sadly, the most severe form of the debilitating genetic disorder. Now ...
Better beer? Sequenced barley genome could help breeders improve taste, other staple crops
Showing up in your cereal in the morning, your sandwich at lunch, and your beers or single malt Scotch whiskey ...