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This AI Just Designed a More Precise CRISPR Gene Editor for Human Cells From Scratch

CRISPR has revolutionized science. AI is now taking the gene editor to the next level.Thanks to its ability to accurately edit the genome, CRISPR...

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This Company Is Growing Mini Livers Inside People to Fight Liver Disease

Growing a substitute liver inside a human body sounds like science fiction.Yet a patient with severe liver damage just received an injection that could...

Environmental DNA Is Everywhere. Scientists Are Gathering It All.

In the late 1980s, at a federal research facility in Pensacola, Florida, Tamar Barkay used mud in a way that proved revolutionary in a...

A New Treatment Rejuvenates Aging Immune Systems in Elderly Mice

Our immune system is like a well-trained brigade.Each unit has a unique specialty. Some cells directly kill invading foes; others release protein “markers” to...

These Plants Could Mine Valuable Metals From the Soil With Their Roots

The renewable energy transition will require a huge amount of materials, and there are fears we may soon face shortages of some critical metals....

Human Artificial Chromosomes Could Ferry Tons More DNA Cargo Into Cells

The human genetic blueprint is deceptively simple. Our genes are tightly wound into 46 X-shaped structures called chromosomes. Crafted by evolution, they carry DNA...

Cell Therapy Takes Aim at Deadly Brain Tumors in Two Clinical Trials

When my uncle was diagnosed with glioblastoma, I knew he was on borrowed time.The deadliest form of brain cancer, it rapidly spreads through the...

XORTX: A Year of Milestones and Strategic Advancements as it Readies for a Registration Clinical Trial

New York NY, March 19, 2024– (Plato Data) - In the realm of pharmaceutical innovation, XORTX Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: XRTX | TSXV: XRTX | Frankfurt:...

An AI-Designed Drug Is Moving Toward Approval at an Impressive Clip

For the first time, an AI-designed drug is in the second phase of clinical trials. Recently, the team behind the drug published a paper...

This Gene Increases the Risk of Alzheimer’s. Scientists Finally Know Why

At the turn of the 20th century, Dr. Alois Alzheimer noticed peculiar changes in a freshly removed brain. The brain had belonged to a...

Colossal Creates Elephant Stem Cells for the First Time in Quest to Revive the Woolly Mammoth

The last woolly mammoth roamed the vast arctic tundra 4,000 years ago. Their genes still live on in a majestic animal today—the Asian elephant.With...

This AI Can Design the Machinery of Life With Atomic Precision

Proteins are social creatures. They’re also chameleons. Depending on a cell’s needs, they rapidly transform in structure and grab onto other biomolecules in an...

CRISPRed Pork May Be Coming to a Supermarket Near You

Many of us appreciate a juicy pork chop or a slab of brown sugar ham. Pork is the third most consumed meat in the...

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