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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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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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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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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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A Chemist Has Developed A Brilliant Way To Survive The Zombie Apocalypse
Scientists can make all of these molecules by modifying the bacteria e.coli and growing them in lar…
Dina Spector
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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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A new report just said GMOs are safe to eat - here's what you need to know
The crops, which have been around since the 1980s, have been studied at length, and a new report ou…
Lydia Ramsey
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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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The researchers behind 'the biggest biotech discovery of the century' found it by accident
They noticed that the system bacteria use to shut down viruses had an uncanny way of targeting spec…
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We spoke to a Harvard geneticist who thinks this unlikely ingredient could end one of the most long-raging food wars once and for all
CRISPR was first introduced as a genome-editing tool in 2013 in a couple of common laboratory plant…
Erin Brodwin
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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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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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Another group of scientists just announced plans to tinker with human genes, and people are freaking out
But bioethicists have warned that this technology may not be ready for primetime because it could c…
Tanya Lewis
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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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Scientists just found an ingenious way to prevent some deadly outbreaks of foodborne illness
The typical methods involve exposing the microbes to heat or organic acids, but that can negatively…
Tanya Lewis
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Soon, It Will Cost Less To Sequence A Genome Than To Flush A Toilet - And That Will Change Medicine Forever
McAuley sees a shift happening from reactive medicine - our current mode of operating, in which a p…
Ajai Raj
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We sampled fragrances made from microbes and we're convinced they're the future of the industry
Eventually, the company hopes to sell these fragrances to perfume makers as a replacement…
Tanya Lewis
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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 …