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Artists impression of bacteria

Microbial bioink makes 3D printed materials

... drugs, removing toxins from the air and regulating its own growth.  “This is part of a general effort to ... Communications.  Biological systems like a tree or our own body can respond to their environment, for example  by ... properties of toothpaste, which is firm enough to hold its own weight when resting, but will flow much like a liquid ...

Turtle

Sexing sea turtles

... While many species use sex chromosomes - such as our own mammalian X and Y chromosomes - sea turtles do it ...

Ebola virus, as seen under an electron microscope. Ebola is a member of the filovirus family. The tubular \shepherd's crook\-shaped particles are generally 80nm in diameter and up to 1000nm long.

Evolving Ebola

... scientists hope to figure out how to beat viruses at their own game, making us better prepared to avoid such huge death ...

Sickled red blood cells in a patient with sickle cell anaemia

Gene editing to cure blood disorder?

... immune incompatibility, because these are the patient's own cells," says DeWitt. "And now we know this works, we need ...