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New member of NAS reveals how animals select good microbes, reject harmful ones

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Penn biologists show how plants turn off genes they don't need

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Johns Hopkins materials scientists probe a protein's role in speeding Ebola's spread

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Researchers find an alternative mode of bacterial quorum sensing

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How head-on collisions of DNA protein machines stop replication

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For bacteria that cheat, food is at the forefront

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Deciphering potent DNA toxin's secrets

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Safely releasing genetically modified genes into the wild

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Receptors for neuron communication in humans vital for reproduction in mosses

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Researchers discover how CRISPR proteins find their target

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Sequencing reveals how Porphyra thrives in a tough environment

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UC San Diego scientists invent new tool for the synthetic biologist's toolbox

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New clues found to common respiratory virus

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New technique enables safer gene-editing therapy using CRISPR

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Video: Biologist Sean B. Carroll on ecosystem resilience

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Pulling the tablecloth out from under essential metabolism

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Stanford scientists create a cellular guillotine for studying single-cell wound repair

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UW engineers borrow from electronics to build largest circuits in eukaryotic cells

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Bacteria living in marine sponge produce toxic compounds found in man-made products

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Study finds bacteria in marine sponge produce toxic flame-retardant-like compounds

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Pac-Man-like CRISPR enzymes have potential for disease diagnostics

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Protein 'spy' gains new abilities

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Penn team identifies genetic target for growing hardier plants under stress

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Team finds way to view genes inside living cells, in real time

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Study discovers fundamental unit of cell size in bacteria

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Synthetic biologists engineer inflammation-sensing gut bacteria

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Newly discovered chemical reaction in eye may improve vision

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Breaking the protein-DNA bond

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Fish study shows important genome interactions in animal cells

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