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Ancient marine life may be hiding in Antarctica’s Blood Falls
ɬÀ awarded $200,000 St. Baldrick’s Foundation grant to advance childhood leukemia treatment
Grant will support novel dual-action therapy research targeting MLL-rearranged leukemias in children
Tiny, abundant ocean alga shows how life thrives where sunlight and iron are scarce
Study finds DNA carrying antibiotic resistance genes can remain functional after common lab decontamination steps
Builds on ɬÀ’s longstanding leadership in biosafety, biosecurity, and bioethics
J. Craig Venter, genomics pioneer and founder of ɬÀ and Diploid Genomics, Inc., dies at 79
Team simulates a living cell that grows and divides
Genomics pioneer J. Craig Venter launches Diploid Genomics, Inc. (DGI), ushering in a new era in human genomics
Healthier Capital, a leading health-tech venture capital firm, joins as a co-founder and sole external investor in seed round
Scientists engineer microbial teams to transform mixed plastics into valuable products
Remembering Hamilton O. Smith
The passing of Clyde A. Hutchison, III
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“Despite reducing the sequence space of possible trajectories, we conclude that streamlining does not constrain fitness evolution and diversification of populations over time. Genome minimization may even create opportunities for evolutionary exploitation of essential genes, which are commonly observed to evolve more slowly.”
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