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Tag Archives: DNA
What is CRISPR-Cas?
CRISPR-Cas is making headlines as a powerful new gene editing tool that could change the whole of biology. Scientists are already using CRISPR to introduce genes for disease resistance into crops, insert malaria blocking genes into mosquitoes, and remove HIV … Continue reading
Posted in Clinical and Medical Microbiology, Technology, Video
Tagged Cas, CRISPR, CRISPR-Cas, Disease, DNA, gene editing, genetics, stop motion
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An ancient remnant inside the malaria parasite
Today at the Society’s Annual Conference, Dr Ellen Nisbet talked about the malaria parasite Plasmodium, and how a remnant from its evolutionary past may one day provide a target for new drugs… Malaria is caused by protozoan parasites of the … Continue reading
Posted in Microbial Evolution and Diversity
Tagged apicoplast, chloroplast, DNA, drugs, malaria, parasite, plasmodium, RNA, transcription, translation
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Microbial Genomics launch at the Society for General Microbiology’s Annual Conference
Earlier this month, the Society for General Microbiology announced the launch of its newest open access journal, Microbial Genomics (MGen). In the video below, filmed at our annual conference in Birmingham, watch Editors-in-Chief Nicholas Thomson and Stephen Bentley and Senior Editor Jennifer … Continue reading
Posted in Publishing
Tagged DNA, genome, MGen, Microbial Genomics, microbiology, new journal, open access, Open Data, sequencing
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