Biotechnology | CRISPR | Disease | Genomics
New technique holds promise for improved gene editing
On Oct. 7, 2026, a new study describes how scientists fused together components in bacteria that do not…
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MIT engineers connect bacteria to create living transistors
On Aug. 17, 2026, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers announce they have engineered bacteria that can function…
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Researchers discover bacteria in fog droplets are alive: clear toxins from air
On May 14, 2026, researcher Thi Thuong Thuong Cao as a PhD student at Arizona State University (ASU)…
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New microscope reveals living cells in unprecedented detail
On Mar. 2, 2026, Stanford scientists announced that a one-of-a-kind instrument can show cell structures interacting in real…
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Stealthy Spacecraft Bacteria Can Play Dead to Survive
On Sept. 4, 2025, a University of Houston lead team announced research showing that a bacterial species found…
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Two patient cases of Legionella pneumonia reported
On Jun. 10, 2025, two patients treated within the past two months at the University of Washington Medical…
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New strain of bacteria found on China’s Tiangong space station
On May 17, 2025, Chinese scientists announced they have discovered a new microbe that developed on board the…
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FDA Advises Consumers, Tattoo Artists, and Retailers to Avoid Using or Selling Certain Sacred Tattoo Ink Products Contaminated with Microorganisms
On May 7, 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) alerted consumers, tattoo artists, and retailers of…
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Bacterial cells transmit their memories to offspring
On Aug. 28, 2024, Northwestern University and University of Texas-Southwestern announced results of a study that found bacterial…
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Biotechnology | Chemistry | CRISPR | Genomics | Oncology | Therapeutics
Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2020 awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A Doudna “for the development of a method for genome editing”
On Oct. 7, 2020, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020 was awarded to Drs. Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer…
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Scientists described the first-ever successful in situ collection of a bacteria that eats and breathes electricity
On Mar. 5, 2019, scientists at Washington State University (WSU) described the first-ever successful in situ collection of…
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Stanford Medicine researchers discovered ‘off-switch’ for genetic reproduction in bacteria
On Oct. 22, 1990, scientists from Stanford University led by Arthur Kornberg announced they had discovered a chemical…
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The Diamond v. Chakrabarty case argued before U.S. Supreme Court
On Mar. 17, 1980, Ananda Mohan Chakrabarty filed a patent application assigned to the General Electric Co. for…
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Deinococcus radiodurans was first reported
In 1956, Deinococcus (Micrococcus) radiodurans strain R1 (ATCC BAA-816), the most radiation-resistant organisms yet discovered, was first reported…
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Disease | FDA | Life Science History | Medicine | Oncology | Pharmaceutical | Radiology
Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase verified genes were made of DNA
In 1952, Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase conducted a series of experiments at the Carnegie Institute of Washington…
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Antonie van Leeuwenhoek reported the discovery of bacteria
On Oct. 9, 1676, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek reported the the discovery of bacteria in a 72 word letter…
