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Did you know that genetically engineered bacteria can do math?
Believe it or not, scientists in India have genetically engineered bacteria to perform mathematical…
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Scientist engineered bacteria to generate electricity from wastewater
Scientists have engineered E. coli bacteria -- the most widely studied microbe -- to generate elect…
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Wearables for plants, bacteria eating viruses, and 8 technologies in 2023 that can change the future
The World Economic Forum has announced ten breakthrough technologies set to change the world over t…
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Israeli scientists inch closer to developing a genetic treatment to cure AIDS
The one time injection technique utilises type B white blood cells that would be genetically engine…
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This bio-engineered houseplant claims to clean the air as efficiently as 30 air purifiers
A Paris-based startup ‘Neoplants’ has genetically modified a plant to do the work of 30 air purifie…
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What are GMOs? The truth about genetically-modified organisms and if they're safe to eat
Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) include foods like some apples and salmon whose DNA has been …
Stacy Lu,Samantha Cassetty
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The US military wants to hunt enemy subs with genetically-engineered sea life
As is, there is already a $45 million tri-service effort among Army, Navy, and Air Force researcher…
Ryan Pickrell
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A Chinese scientist claims to have genetically-engineered babies - here's what editing DNA means
That is, except for the work of Dr. He Jiankui. He claims to have used CRISPR to target and knock o…
Andrea Schmitz,Benji Jones
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Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, and other billionaires are betting on a bacteria that could change the way we grow food
In September, a group of billionaire investors, including Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, and Michael Bloom…
Aria Bendix
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The debate over genetically modified foods is missing one simple thing
Rice, a staple crop for many people, is missing two proteins necessary to make this vitamin. In the…
Tanya Lewis
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20 million bacteria-infected mosquitoes are getting released into a California city by a division of Google's parent company
"[M]oving our work from the laboratory to the field is not only an important milestone for our grou…
Kevin Loria
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Bacteria created a GMO 8,000 years ago that we still eat
One stretch of DNA - the code of which matched with a species of bacteria called Agrobacterium - wa…
Ellie Kincaid
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The world's 4th-largest chemical giant wants to genetically modify corn to create a new super crop in the next 5 years
This could be good news given Americans' hefty - though scientifically unfounded - opposition to GM…
Erin Brodwin
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How cells engineered to make everything from medicine to perfume will change the way we see our world
In the past two decades, scientists have figured out how to take genetic engineering - the ability …
Lydia Ramsey
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This $119 houseplant is bioengineered to remove harmful air pollution in your home.
Neoplants has bioengineered a houseplant that uses bacteria to remove indoor air pollution from you…
Ellyn Lapointe
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Covid-19 damages lungs by continuing an ancient battle that began in the primordial soup
Viruses and bacteria have a very long history. Because viruses can't reproduce without a host, they…
PTI
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Incredible medical breakthroughs of 2022, from treating blood cancer to slowing Alzheimer's disease
A vaccine for RSV and a drug that may slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease are among the gre…
Catherine Schuster-Bruce
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The CEO of Moderna on the moment he first realized the company could make a COVID-19 vaccine
In a recent Andreessen Horowitz podcast, Stéphane Bancel discusses how mRNA works and why it's tran…
Jorge Conde, Hanne Winarsky, …
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Bioterrorism experts are worried that drug-resistant plague could be used as a weapon
Untreated patients with either of these conditions can develop pneumonic plague, the most serious f…
Kevin Loria
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Silicon Valley's favorite veggie burger is about to hit a wave of controversy - but scientists say it's bogus
Business Insider spoke with a variety of scientists who hail from distinct backgrounds and research…