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The ability of scientists to rationally engineer organisms using synthetic biology, or “engineering biology” as I prefer to call it, has progressed greatly since high throughput molecular biology ...

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Current Northwestern MBP student William Minor shares why he chose the program and how he thinks it can help prepare him to develop life-changing innovations. When William Minor was in high school, he ...

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Cutting-edge cellular engineering firm, MaxCyte, has developed a platform, which enables modifications to cells. Applications of MaxCyte's cellular engineering platform are far-reaching, such as ...

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Karen Lucatero presents the Colombian Case Study at UNIDO Headquarters in Vienna in December 2019. Karen Lucatero's passion for helping people has taken her from a biotechnology engineering background ...

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The Nature Index tracks primary research articles from 145 natural-science and health-science journals, chosen based on reputation by an independent group of researchers. The Nature Index provides ...