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Drug strategy, shown to produce hemoglobin in lab animals, could rival costly, risky gene therapies

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In our "challenge study," one gene produced much more of a specific protein in volunteers who did not develop a sustained COVID infection. This finding has significant implications for future treatments and for vaccine development.

A group of neuroscientists argue that our words are primarily for communicating, not for reasoning.

The science of epigenetics suggests we can pass on trauma – but trust and compassion too

Scientists call for regulation to stop regional use of marine cloud brightening that may cool one region in the short term but have negative impact elsewhere

CyberTracker, software developed in collaboration with Indigenous trackers, is enabling almost anyone to collect complex biodiversity data

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Instructing our cells to make specific proteins could control influenza, autoimmune diseases, even cancer