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Genetic engineering within medical technology, focusing on topics such as gene editing and organ preservation techniques using technology.
Stem Cells Used To Successfully Create Mature Muscle Cells
Johns Hopkins researchers report success in creating mature and viable heart muscle cells from human or other…
Hepatitis C virus plays tricks on liver cells
According to the researchers at the University of Washington, the virus that causes hepatitis C protects itself by…
Genetic circuits isolated within synthetic ‘cells’
Synthetic biology allows scientists to design genetic circuits that can be placed in cells, giving them new…
Genetic engineering improves safety of cancer immunotherapy
TRC gene therapy helps your body to fight cancer in a way other treatments have failed; now there is newly…
Does this color make me look fat?
In mammals, three types of adipose tissues exist. White adipocytes are mainly located in the abdominal and…
Genetic blood disorder cured in mice through gene-editing
A next gen gene-editing system developed by Carnegie Mellon University and Yale University scientists has…
DNA microsatellites lead to new understanding of cancer tumors
Short, unstable stretches of DNA, called microsatellites, may play a far greater role in the development and…
DNA programmed to store complex histories
A way to record complex histories in the DNA of human cells, allowing them to retrieve "memories” of past events,…
First ever 3D computer model of an entire living animal
Eyleen O'Rourke, an assistant professor of biology and cell biology at the University of Virginia stated that…