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Team of scientists uncover copper poisoning as ancient mechanism in bacterial predation by protozoa
USAID Announces Initial Results of Grand Challenge to Combat Zika
USAID Invests Over $15 Million to Accelerate Development and Deployment of 21 Innovations to Combat the Spread of Zika
Teams at Venter Institute and Synthetic Genomics, Inc. Successfully Engineer 16S rRNA using One Step Process Combining CRISPR/Cas9 Systems and Yeast Recombination Machinery
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Teams at Venter Institute and Synthetic Genomics, Inc. Successfully Engineer 16S rRNA using One Step Process Combining CRISPR/Cas9 Systems and Yeast Recombination Machinery (LA JOLLA,...[more]
J. Craig Venter Institute and University of California San Diego Release New Report: “Policy and Regulatory Issues for Gene Drives in Insects,” to Aid Scientists, Regulators and Others in Approaches to Safely Advance this Promising Area of Science
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE J. Craig Venter Institute and University of California San Diego Release New Report: “Policy and Regulatory Issues for Gene Drives in Insects,” to Aid Scientists, Regulators and Others in...[more]
Vanderbilt and the Human Vaccines Project Launch Initial Studies to Decode the Human Immune System
New initiative to accelerate the development of next-generation vaccines and immunotherapies
Leonardo da Vinci's DNA: Experts unite to shine modern light on a Renaissance genius
The Leonardo Project: Illuminating the art, life, characteristics, talents, and brilliance of one of humanity's most extraordinary figures
Human Vaccines Project Launches San Diego Research Hub with UC San Diego, J. Craig Venter Institute, La Jolla Institute, The Scripps Research Institute
Human Vaccines Project Launches San Diego Research Hub with UC San Diego, J. Craig Venter Institute, La Jolla Institute, The Scripps Research Institute Four scientific institutions – University of California, San Diego, J. Craig...[more]
Remote Italian Village Could Harbor Secrets of Healthy Aging
Researchers will examine 300 Italian residents, all over 100 years old
First Minimal Synthetic Bacterial Cell Designed and Constructed by Scientists at Venter Institute and Synthetic Genomics, Inc.
Cell, JCVI-syn3.0, was minimized to just 473 genes[more]
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