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These are some absolutely wild ideas, so before we get started, it's important to know that Michael Levin is no fringe scientist or crackpot. He's a director of the Allen Discovery Center at Tufts University, as well as the Tufts Center for Regenerative and Developmental Biology, and a co-director of the Institute for Computationally Designed Organisms. He's co-authored several hundred research p
Small vessel disease (SVD) causes damage to small arteries and capillaries that reduces blood flow to sensitive organs like the eye, brain, and kidney and can be triggered by aging, high blood pressure, and genetic abnormalities. Retinal vasculopathy with cerebral leukoencephalopathy (RVCL) is an SVD caused by an inherited mutation in the TREX1 gene. It’s rare, with fewer than 200 known cases wor
Conventional breeding of trees takes time, but CRISPR gene editing should help speed things up. Now, scientists at North Carolina State University have used CRISPR to adjust the genomes of poplar trees to make them easier to turn into paper products.Continue ReadingCategory: ScienceTags: Tree, Plants, CRISPR, Genetic engineering, North Carolina State University, Paper, Sustainability, Environment
linking the heritage of the site, the greenhouse commemorates the 200th anniversary of modern genetics-founder gregor mendel's birth. The post CHYBIK + KRISTOF revives birthplace of modern genetics with ‘mendel’s greenhouse’ appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine.


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