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Salk researchers uncovered a genetic mechanism that directs DNA methylation in Arabidopsis. Instead of relying solely on ...

Research shows synthetic chromosomes can be transferred to human cells with potential to improve viral resistance ...

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This radical new method could preserve our entire knowledge base for thousands of years, in a storage medium the size of a coffee cup.

After releasing two gene-edited rice varieties in May this year, scientists are now focusing on developing GE varieties of ...

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Researchers created a highly efficient gene-editing method that fixes multiple DNA mutations in a single step. The breakthrough could revolutionize genetic medicine by making treatments for complex ...

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A Nobel laureate, he identified an enzyme that cuts DNA, laying the groundwork for milestones in scientific research and ...

No doubt the New Zealand Gene Technology Bill, currently awaiting its Second Reading, which will liberalise decisions about gene technology experiments and place them in the hands of a single ...

This article examines some of the cell-based approaches that researchers are using to study acquired drug resistance and the ...