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Plant-Based Leather: The Future of Sustainable Fashion?

Explore the growing trend of plant-based leather, a sustainable and eco-friendly alternative to traditional materials in the fashion industry.
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Inside Colossal’s Dire Wolf De-Extinction Project

Learn about Colossal's dire wolf de-extinction breakthrough and how this technology could reshape conservation.
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New Darwin’s Ark Project Is Sequencing Thousands of Cat Genomes

Darwin’s Cats uses fur sequencing to study feline genetics at scale, offering new insights into traits, disease risk and animal behavior.
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Detecting and Diagnosing Metabolic Disorders

Learn how metabolic disorders are detected and diagnosed with Dr. Irene De Biase, professor of clinical pathology at the University of Utah School of Medicine.
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The Rise of Superbugs: A Looming Health Crisis

Antibiotic resistance – a gradual decrease in the sensitivity of pathogens to drugs threatens us all. Here, we consider how resistance develops, how we got there and, most importantly, what it threatens us with.
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Horizontal Gene Transfer – Meaning, Methods, Detection and Outcomes

Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is the movement of genetic material from one organism to another. In this article, we will discuss what HGT is, how it is used in research, how to detect it and the threat it poses to humanity.
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Spatial Transcriptomics Is in a Phase of Rapid Growth

Technology Networks spoke to the most productive researcher in spatial transcriptomics, Professor Joakim Lundeberg, about the field’s rapid growth.
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Bacterial Transformation and Transformation Protocol

In this article, we discuss transformation, bacterial transformation in particular, and how scientists can utilize it to manipulate bacteria for a plethora of purposes.
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Human Cell Morphology Atlas Links Genes and Traits

One of the key challenges of the modern genomics era is studying the thousands of genes in a single human cell at scale. To overcome this, scientists have developed PERISCOPE, which combines the power of microscopy imaging with CRISPR screening.
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The Dawning of Multimodal Genetics

This article explores 6-base genome sequencing and how it is empowering researchers to expand their studies to include both genetic and epigenetic data. 
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