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Making the Connections: Reconstructing Biosystems From the Outside In
Science The human genome was just the start In 2003, scientists with the Human Genome Project announced the completion of their 13-year effort to identify the three billion base pairs that form the...
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New Fluorescent 'Spinach' Molecule Illuminates Inner Workings of RNA
Science Greens are good for you The newest optical techniques are making cell biology a little clearer, but it’s still a murky business, watching cells work. A new technique that illuminates RNA —...
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New Drug Can Treat Almost Any Viral Infection By Killing the Body's Infected...
Science A new broad-spectrum treatment for viruses could be as effective as antibiotics fighting bacteria, MIT researchers report. The method uses cells’ own defense systems to… A new broad-spectrum...
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Why Crunching Data For Science Is the Future of Game-Playing
Gadgets Gamers with a penchant for puzzles are having fun answering the most tedious questions in science The other night I wanted to kill some time before "30 Rock" started, so I sat down and tried...
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Genetic Bar Code Search Can Use RNA to Pick Out Individuals From Huge Gene Pools
Science Even without a DNA sample DNA databases are highly protected resources, because they contain the most detailed fingerprint that can be used to identify a person — from genetic predisposition...
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Where Will The Next Pandemic Come From? And How Can We Stop It?
Science Out of the wild This article is adapted from David Quammen's new book, Spillover_, available now. You can purchase it here._ In June 2008, a Dutch woman named Astrid Joosten left the…
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A Cellular Atlas Of The Human Body
Health New RNA sequencing techniques are revealing the unknown secrets of our cells If science textbooks are to be believed, you have about 200 different types of cells in your body. But several teams...
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Brilliant 10: Kathryn Whitehead Designs Drugs To Wipe Out Disease
Science Searching for a nanoparticle in a haystack The human body is difficult territory to conquer, even for medicine: Many drugs have to enter the bloodstream, bypass the immune system, and arrive...
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Genetic Sequencing Gets Boost From A New Proofreading Enzyme
Health Error prone 3-billion-year-old process fixed Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have created a new enzyme which can produce high fidelity RNA sequences. Typically reverse...
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Octopuses can basically edit their own genes on the fly
Animals Crazy levels of RNA tinkering could explain how cephalopods got so smart DNA translates into RNA, which tells the cell which proteins to produce. But that's not always the case. Read on:…
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