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Scientists devised a synthetic protein-based motor fueled by biological reactions to cut through a peptide lawn.

Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) has a complicated relationship with humans. While this commensal bacterium colonizes ...

CRISPR-carrying lipid nanoparticles enabled researchers to correct a rare nonsense mutation in the lungs of a cystic fibrosis ...

Immediately, they could tell that the synthetic TF shook up neuron physiology. Neurons in the prefrontal cortex, a brain ...

What researchers once regarded as a byproduct of biology may hold the key to understanding health and disease.

Moving forward, Lin plans to continue studying this circuit to uncover other neuronal populations and brain regions that may ...

Yet, despite the cost savings that virtual platforms offered for researchers, scientists flew to conferences in throngs once ...

A new prime editing sensor library targeting p53 mutations allowed scientists to interrogate thousands of tumor genotypes as they arose in endogenous contexts.

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Using positron emission tomography (PET) to analyze cancerous brain tissue is complicated by heterogeneity in the tumor microenvironment (TME). Many potential radiotracer targets are shared between ...