aweGene | 29 April
Humanity has long been obsessed with how long they would live. In 1513, the Spanish explorer Ponce de León set out in search of the Fountain of Youth, a fabled
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aweGene | 28 April
Using a type of genetic screen that had previously been impossible in the mammalian brain, MIT neuroscientists have identified hundreds of genes that are
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aweGene | 27 April
The ability to read genomes has transformed our understanding of biology. Being able to write them would give us unprecedented control over the
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aweGene | 25 April
Few times in history has mankind ever united to solve a single goal. Even the ultimate moonshot in history - putting a man on the moon - was driven by
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aweGene | 24 April
“If software ate the world last decade, biology will dominate the next”The last decade saw the rise in popularity of software engineering jobs, marked by the
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aweGene | 23 April
In the mid-1980s, evidence started to emerge from labs across the world confirming that scientists were finally able to reach the nano level in experimental
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aweGene | 22 April
Can kindness, love and a strong sense of community actually make you healthier and happier? Research says that it does. A 1978 study looking at the link
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aweGene | 21 April
Chinese researcher He Jiankui is now world-famous for having announced the creation of genetically-modified twins that would be resistant to HIV. He said that
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aweGene | 20 April
When as a young man in 1948, my father, Luc Hoffmann, came down from the Swiss mountains, settled in the marshes of the Camargue and bought the Tour
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aweGene | 19 April
"Our thoughts are with all American people at this unprecedented time..."© Light Art by Gerry Hofstetter / Foto Gabriel Perren
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aweGene | 18 April
Hospitals produce 50 petabytes of data per year. This mass of information comprises clinical notes, lab tests, medical images, sensor readings, genomics, and
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aweGene | 16 April
After decades of research, here it is: the first promising evidence in humans, albeit imperfect and early, that a cocktail of three drugs is enough
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