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Genetic Engineering to Clash With Evolution

By Brooke Borel
September 8, 2016
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Gene drives promise to spread a trait across an entire population. But evolutionary forces are going to alter even the best-engineered plans.

genetics

A Secret Flexibility Found in Life’s Blueprints

By Veronique Greenwood
April 26, 2016
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A new study reveals that individual genes can create many different versions of the molecular machinery that powers 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.

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Deep Secrets and the Thrill of Discovery

By Sean B. Carroll
February 25, 2016
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The biologist Sean B. Carroll rediscovers the scientific thrill of an unexpected revelation.


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