Protein breakthrough opens up chemical remediation possibilities

In California, researchers at the University of California at Berkeley have developed a protein “mat” that can trap chemical pollution, including insecticides. The work managed...

Illumina Adds Five Companies to Accelerator Program

In New York, Illumina is giving capital and access to seeding funding from angel investors as part of their accelerator program to five new...

Omicia Acquires Spiral Genetics to Integrate Genome Technology for Precision Medicine

In California, Omicia, which provides software tools for fast processing and analyzing of genomic data, acquired Seattle, Washington based Spiral Genetics. Spiral Genetics develops...

Genetic Breakthrough with Cows to Help Them Fight Tuberculosis

In China, veterinary medicine researchers used CRISPR/Cas9n genetic editing technology to add tuberculosis resistant gene, NRAMP1, into live cow genomes to help cows become...

A step closer to human cloning? Two cloned monkeys created in China

In China, two healthy, cloned monkeys were born after having been created with the same method that was famously used with Dolly the sheep...

Phylos Bioscience Creates Largest Genomic Database of Marijuana in the World

In Oregon, Phylos Bioscience has sequenced the DNA of thousands of marijuana samples from around the world creating the largest genomic database of marijuana...

Dirt DNA – Soil Genetic Testing Helps Farmers

In California, Trace Genomics has tested over 10,000 different soil samples for customers like Driscoll strawberry producer and Western Growers Association, to help growers...

Genomic data used for cockroach evolution history

In Japan, researchers at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology and Australia-based University of Sydney have traced key evolutionary time points of the...

Drones, genomes and microbes give insight into whale microbiomes

In Massachusetts, where whale watching is a popular pastime, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution scientists used high tech drones with sterilized petri dishes attached to...

100,000 Genomes Project singing “Woah, we’re half way there”

In the United Kingdom, the Department of Health and Social Care, NHS England and Genomics England today announced reaching the 50,000 whole human genome...

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Bio-hybrid robot made from langoustine shells works like arcade claw crane

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