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HIV virus eliminated with CRISPR and new antiretroviral therapy
Added: 4 Jul 2019
Replication-competent HIV-1 DNA – the virus responsible for AIDS – has been eliminated from the gen…

Frozen sperm withstands microgravity
Added: 2 Jul 2019
Human sperm has been show to retain its viability within the gravitational conditions in space — wh…

Croc teeth suggest plant diet
Added: 2 Jul 2019
Differences in fossilised crocodile teeth suggest multiple ancient forms of crocodile were herbivor…

Oxford BioEscalator opens for medical startups
Added: 28 Jun 2019
The University of Oxford has opened a new innovation centre for early-stage medical science compani…

Drug Science launches medical cannabis pilot
Added: 26 Jun 2019
Drug Science has launched a national medical cannabis pilot with the aim of boosting medical cannab…

Google and Sanofi plan innovation lab
Added: 20 Jun 2019
Google and biopharmaceutical company Sanofi have partnered to develop a virtual innovation lab for …

Electrical pulses identify live bacteria
Added: 19 Jun 2019
A new bioelectrical device that can differentiate dead or alive bacteria within minutes could offer…

Patent triumph for CRISPR inventors
Added: 17 Jun 2019
The US Patent office has recently (May 28) issued a patent to the French biologist Emmanuelle Charp…

Plague bacterium located in Britain
Added: 6 Jun 2019
The first genetic evidence of the Justinian Plague in the British Isles suggests multiple strains o…

Lab-grown insect meat
Added: 6 Jun 2019
Researchers have outlined proposals for lab-grown insect meat as an alternative to harmful livestoc…

CRISPR edit linked with increased mortality risk
Added: 5 Jun 2019
The genetic mutation made last year by a Chinese scientist using the CRISPR technique has been asso…

Korea claims advance on 3D-printed corneas
Added: 30 May 2019
A research team in South Korea have used a 3D printer to improve the transparency of artificial cor…

Climate change boosts banana disease
Evoluted New Media | Added: 10 May 2019
Climate change has been found to raise the risk of a fungal disease in banana crops.!--more--
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