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The First Patented G.M.O.
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Rhea Purohit
The Supreme Court case that built the biotechnology industry.
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Defense-Forward Biosecurity
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Allison Berke
DNA sequencing is becoming better and cheaper. So are AI tools that can decode the results. It’s time to build a genomic surveillance network that can detect emerging outbreaks at their source.
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The Promise of Gas Vesicles
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Gas vesicles are protein shells that reflect soundwaves. They were first discovered in lake-dwelling microbes in Germany but now enable scientists to “hear” individual cells within the body.
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Driving Toward Nanopores
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A nanopore sequencer is a tiny device that can read DNA with high accuracy. Its invention, made possible by merging hardware with machine learning, holds lessons for other measurement tools.
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The Mouse as a Microscope
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How the mouse found its way from Victorian novelty to a biomedical mainstay.
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Introducing Issue 03 of Asimov Press.
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