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Why Some Genetic Miscues Are Helpful

By Veronique Greenwood
November 3, 2016
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A new look at the reasons why organisms missing pairs of genes sometimes do much better than normal.

genomics

Genetic Architects Untwist DNA’s Turns

By Carrie Arnold
October 27, 2016
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Researchers have used the gene-editing tool CRISPR to manipulate the way that DNA coils up inside the cell — another step in the quest to understand how the genome’s 3-D structure impacts its function.

genomics

Giant Genetic Map Shows Life’s Hidden Links

By Veronique Greenwood
October 25, 2016
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In a monumental set of experiments, spread out over nearly two decades, biologists removed genes two at a time to uncover the secret workings of the cell.

synthetic biology

In Newly Created Life-Form, a Major Mystery

By Emily Singer
March 24, 2016
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Scientists have created a synthetic organism that possesses only the genes it needs to survive. But they have no idea what roughly a third of those genes do.

microbes

Below Our Feet, a World of Hidden Life

By Elizabeth Svoboda
June 16, 2015
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The soil teems with billions of hidden microbes. Researchers have begun to catalog how these organisms are changing the world.

Biology

Networks Reveal the Connections of Disease

By Veronique Greenwood
January 29, 2015
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Disease is the result of failure somewhere along the line in a complex dance of biological components. Now statistical physicists are using enormous databases of medical records to study connections between illnesses.


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