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Scientists develop technology to capture tumor cells: Microfluidic device may help researchers better understand metastatic cancer
Instead of searching for a needle in a haystack, what if you were able to sweep the entire haystack to
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DNA repair after CRISPR cutting not at all what people thought: Involvement of Fanconi anemia DNA repair pathway provides opportunity to steer repair outcome
Despite high hopes and high investment in CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing, scientists still have a lot to learn about how it
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Chemical sensing chip sniffs out cocaine within minutes: New technology could one day lead to portable drug detectors
What if you could test for cocaine, opioids and marijuana as quickly as a breathalyzer identifies alcohol? A new, low-cost
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CRISPR-based diagnostic SHERLOCK optimized for rapid use during viral outbreaks: New technique enables SHERLOCK to detect a virus directly in bodily fluids, eliminating a step that required lab equipment and expanding the platform’s potential to quickly and cheaply track pathogens such as Zika during an outbreak
In a paper published today in Science, researchers at Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard report a new tool that
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Rabies trick could help treat Parkinson’s Disease
The rabies virus wreaks havoc on the brain, triggering psychosis and death. To get where it needs to go, the
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