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Amanda Randles pioneers computer models that non-invasively diagnose disease

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

Naturally suppressed genes turned on by Professor Charles Gersbach lab's CRISPR technology offer cure hopes for rare diseases.

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

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

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.

For the past decade, a research team led by Cameron McIntyre has been developing a platform to convert 2D MRI brain scans into interactive 3D holographic visualizations to assist brain surgeons.

By precisely controlling the concentration of drugs, DART.2 helps ensure drugs are administered to targeted cells

Lingchong You's 2022 study is cited as one of the main reasons a kitchen sponge is so good at harboring a wide diversity and large density of bacteria.

Ashutosh Chilkoti was recognized by the Society for Biomaterials for his pioneering work in protein-resistant polymer coatings and protein biomaterials

Researchers find a master epigenetic switch that activates silenced genes to compensate for their missing counterparts in a rare genetic disease called Prader-Willi syndrome

Synthetic biological compartments trap together cellular machinery to increase their rate of protein production