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AI Designs Complete Functional Genomes

The genome language model Evo 2 has designed novel functional genomes of bacteriophage ΦX174. About 300 of the AI-generated designs were chemically synthesised and tested in...

Chernobyl Fungi as Shield Against Cosmic Rays for Deep-Space Missions 

In 1986, the 4th unit of Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine (erstwhile Soviet Union) suffered massive fire and steam explosion. The unprecedented accident released over 5% of the radioactive...

Centromere sizes determine Unique Meiosis in Dogrose   

The dogrose (Rosa canina), the wild rose plant species, has a pentaploid genome with 35 chromosomes. It has an odd number of chromosomes, yet it...

Cloning The Primate: A Step ahead of Dolly The Sheep

In a breakthrough study, first primates have been successfully cloned using the same technique used to clone the first mammal Dolly the sheep. The first...

Editing Gene to Prevent Inheritable Disease

Study shows gene editing technique to protect one’s descendants from inheritable diseases A study published in Nature has shown for the first time that a human embryo...

Interspecies Chimera: New Hope For People Needing Organ Transplant

First study to show development of interspecies chimera as a new source of organs for transplants In a study published in Cell1, chimeras - named after...

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