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CRISPR-Crafted Cuisine: How Genetic Engineering Is Changing What We Eat
SciTechDaily· 3 days agoWith animal-free dairy products and convincing vegetarian meat substitutes already on the market,...
Book Review: Rachel Khong’s new novel 'Real Americans' explores race, class and cultural identity
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 3 days agoIn 2017 Rachel Khong wrote a slender, darkly comic novel, “Goodbye, Vitamin,” that picked up a...
mRNA Vaccines: Not Just for COVID Soon?
Medscape· 19 hours agoTo date, mRNA vaccines have had their largest global presence in combating the COVID-19 pandemic. Intensive research is underway on many other potential...
Astellas hitches a ride in Poseida's convertible for $50M cell therapy collaboration
FierceBiotech· 1 day agoAstellas is in the market for a new CAR, and Poseida Therapeutics has a shiny convertible just the...
Virologist Testified Lab Leak Was Possible in Wuhan: “You Can’t Rule That Out”
Vanity Fair· 2 days agoIn 2015, Ralph S. Baric, arguably the world’s most accomplished coronavirologist, published...
Research on RNA editing illuminates possible lifesaving treatments for genetic diseases
Science Daily· 4 days agoCRISPR, which stands for Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats, is a type of immune system that bacteria use to recognize and fight off viruses.
Newswise Expert | Jin Kim Montclare, NYU Tandon School of Engineering
Newswise· 4 days agoUsing multidisciplinary expertise in chemistry and genetic engineering, these results have already been realized. Prior to joining NYU-Tandon, Montclare ...
Study finds some people have a uniquely human gene that enhances immune function
Medical Xpress· 2 days agoCHRFAM7A is a uniquely human gene that occurred after humans split from a common ancestor with chimpanzees millions of years ago. The gene has been implicated and studied in neuropsychiatric ...
Finding a Master Immune System Controller | HHMI
Howard Hughes Medical Institute· 2 days agoThe immune system is crucial for survival, enabling humans and other creatures to fend off the hordes of microbial invaders and other dangers that threaten health and life. At the same time, ...