
Researchers at the Venter Institute explain their groundbreaking techniques.
Last month, researchers at the J. Craig Venter Institute announced that they had made the first synthetic cell by piecing together a genome made from bottled chemicals and transplanting it [...]

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In first human trial, particles successfully reach cancer cells and silence the target gene.
A specialized nanoparticle filled with an RNA-based cancer therapy can successfully target human cancer cells and silence the target gene, according to results from an [...]
A biochemist researching cellular reprogramming topped this year’s list of highly cited researchers.
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The latest issue of Science Watch highlighted the top 12 most cited researchers of 2009, according to the Thomson Reuters Web of Science database. Biochemist Rudolf Jaenisch from the Massachusetts [...]

Experiments in mice show that the brain’s ability to adapt might not disappear with age.
Transplanting fetal neurons into the brains of young mice opens a new window on neural plasticity, or flexibility in the brain’s neural circuits. The research, published [...]

ScienceDaily (Aug. 4, 2009) — Researchers have identified what they believe is the original source of malignant malaria: a parasite found in chimpanzees in equatorial Africa.
C Irvine biologist Francisco Ayala and colleagues think the [...]

A robot that can open doors and find electrical outlets to recharge itself. Computer viruses that no one can stop. Predator drones, which, though still controlled remotely by humans, come close to a machine that can kill autonomously.
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To stimulate breakthrough innovation in the field of genomic sequencing, the X PRIZE Foundation has launched a global competition with a $10 million prize to the first privately funded team that can sequence 100 human genomes in 10 days. For [...]