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  The genome of an extinct Australian frog has been revived and reactivated by a team of scientists using sophisticated cloning technology to implant a...

  Bioengineers at the University of Pittsburgh will develop an artificial lung to serve as a bridge to transplant or recovery in patients with acute...

Scientists have accurately calculated the sliding mechanism for deciphering the second genetic code written within the DNA base pair sequence. Three-quarters of the DNA in...

Some diseases are caused by single gene mutations. Current techniques for identifying the disease-causing gene in a patient produce hundreds of potential gene candidates, making...

A letter by Francis Crick, the co-discoverer of DNA, outlining the Nobel Prize-winning achievement to his young son is expected to fetch as much as...

Researchers have determined a way to predict and protect against new strains of the flu virus, in the hope of improving immunity against the disease....

The cyanobacterium Synechocystis produces toxins that often lead to its own demise. The biologists Stefan Kopfmann and Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Hess from the University of...