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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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