Synthetic biology ; Mirror life
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2026.06.22
Accelerating discoveries, unraveling the mechanisms of life, anticipating public health crises, training the researchers of tomorrow, and opening up new...
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2026.07.21
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Within a single bacterial species, strains can differ considerably in terms of antibiotic resistance, virulence, and the ability...
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2026.07.21
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Within our bodies are cells of a very special kind: stem cells. Capable of dividing to produce other stem cells, they can also...
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2026.06.29
#1-What is defined as ultra-processed food?
We should start by making the important distinction that not all industrially produced foods are ultra-processed...
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2026.06.09
Hidradenitis suppurativa is an extremely painful chronic skin condition experienced by up to 4% of the global population, with women most commonly affected....
Portrait
2026.05.11
Borneo, aged 16 – a genetics class that changed everything
The story begins in Pontianak, an Indonesian city on the island of Borneo, with a biology class that...
News
2026.05.07
Much like humans who can get sick when infected by a virus, bacteria have pathogenic challenges of their own-phages. These are viruses which infect and...
News
2026.04.27
Read below the op-ed (in French) published in the French newspaper Le Parisien on April 26, 2026, on the occasion of World Vaccination Week.
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Portrait
2026.03.30
A childhood shaped by science and empathy
Guillemette Masse-Ranson was born in northern France before moving to Greater Paris when she was five. She was...
News
2026.05.05
In the twenty years since the tiger mosquito was first reported in mainland France in 2004, it has conquered four-fifths of the country. How has it been able...