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Recent Archives
Friendly Microbes
Bacteria in your gut change how your genes express themselves, making it easier for other friendly microbes to enter and affecting your physiology as well.
Seasonal Fat
Studying how hamsters gain and lose weight so quickly may teach us more about how humans can do it, too.
Mars Garden
Genetically engineered plants can tell us a lot about Mars’ atmosphere and pave the way for human colonies on Mars.
Fixing Diabetes
In mice, diabetes type 1 can be cured by killing off the cells that murder islets and educating other cells not to kill islets. The islets make a full recovery and the disease is gone.
Traveling Dust
Dust that gets blown around the world harbors bacteria, fungi and viruses that can spread disease.