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New CRISPRs Expand Upon the Original’s Abilities
3/13 Pratt School of Engineering

New CRISPRs Expand Upon the Original’s Abilities

By scouring thousands of bacterial genomes for new CRISPR-Cas systems, researchers have discovered some that could expand the technology’s impact in research, biotechnology and medicine

Blake Wilson’s Efforts to Help People Hear
2/28 Duke Today

Blake Wilson’s Efforts to Help People Hear

Learn how federal funding helped Duke Engineering graduate and professor revolutionize a device that has restored hearing for millions.

A Research Ecosystem to Tackle Plastic Pollution
2/28 Duke Bass Connections

A Research Ecosystem to Tackle Plastic Pollution

A Bass Connections team including BME PhD student Sophia Vincoff works to engineer bacteria that can degrade plastics in the ocean.

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A New Approach to Controlling Gene Expression in Microbial Populations
2/26 Duke Molecular Genetics & Biotechnology

A New Approach to Controlling Gene Expression in Microbial Populations

Researchers led by Lingchong You have developed a system to better regulate gene expression that could be applied to biosensors, toxin production and metabolic pathway regulation.