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Michelle Taylor
Michelle Taylor
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Michelle Taylor has worked on the Laboratory Equipment brand since 2010, and the Forensic brand since 2016. Well established in the industry, Michelle has attended dozens of scientific conferences and conducted interviews with key opinion leaders, including multiple Nobel Prize winners. Always keeping a pulse on the industry, Michelle enjoys
writing about CRISPR-Cas9, CTE, STEM, next-generation sequencing and more. Michelle received her BA in journalism from Elon University in North Carolina. Michelle can be reached at
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Study: CRISPR-Cas9 is Highly Efficient, But Did Not Correct Mutations in Embryos
June 27, 2023
Jennifer Doudna knew how powerful the CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing system was/could be when she invented it in 2012. It’s one of the reasons why she called for an immediate moratorium on the method.
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At the Intersection of Cooking and Nanoengineering
June 26, 2023
Four physicists, a kitchen, a pandemic, boredom, foodstuffs, and a bottle of champagne. Add in a handful of good ideas and you get a "delicious" new paper.
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After 16 Years, Team Identifies Bacteria Causing Infant Deaths
June 22, 2023
After 16 years of research, a Yale pediatric neurosurgeon has conclusively identified the bacteria that is causing widespread newborn deaths and disease in Uganda.
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Cholesterol is to Blame for Letting SARS-CoV-2 in
June 20, 2023
Scientists have discovered a hidden "doorway" for SARS-CoV-2 that allows the virus to enter cells easily—and cholesterol is to blame.
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E.coli’s Protective Capsule Offers Drug Target, Sheds Light on Severe Virulence
June 15, 2023
Using samples as old as 1932—an era before antibiotics—researchers at mapped the evolutionary timeline and population distribution of E.coli’s protective outer capsule, which is responsible for the bacterium’s virulence.
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Human Movement is the Missing Piece in Today’s Robotics
June 09, 2023
We know movement is controlled by signals in our brain, but we don’t think about it in real-time—which is why getting a robot to replicate the action is harder than it sounds.
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Remnants of Ancient Virus May Fuel ALS
June 08, 2023
Viruses that infected our primate ancestors 30 to 50 million years ago may be putting some modern humans at an increased risk of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig’s disease.
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Fungi Store 36% of Global Fossil Fuel Emissions Underground
June 06, 2023
Mycorrhizal fungi make up a vast underground network beneath grasslands and forests, as well as roads, gardens, and even houses. The fungi have been doing this for over 400 years, enjoying symbiotic relationships with plants
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Pangenome Project Sheds Light on Down Syndrome-related Chromosome Abnormality
June 02, 2023
The same team has made their first big breakthrough using the pangenome—they solved the most common type of chromosomal abnormality in humans, which is linked to Robertsonian translocations and down syndrome.
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4,000-Year-Old Plague DNA is Oldest in UK
June 01, 2023
Scientists have added another piece to the puzzle with their identification of three 4,000-year-old British cases of Y. pestis—the oldest evidence of the plague in Britain to date.
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Framework Links 12 Signature Symptoms to Long COVID
May 30, 2023
More than three years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, scientists have created a nationwide framework to detail the long-lasting effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection.
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Method Finds New Ways to Target Cancer’s ‘Undruggable’ RNA
May 25, 2023
After 15 years, researchers in Florida and Germany have discovered that the key to regulating MYC—and other critical cancer genes—is to target the genes’ RNA with medicines.
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Study: Arctic Would be 1°C Warmer without Montreal Protocol
May 23, 2023
A new study by climate researchers shows the Montreal Treaty is delaying the occurrence of the first ice-free Arctic by as much as 15 years.
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1940s Antibiotic Shows Effectiveness Against Multi-drug Resistant Bacteria
May 19, 2023
An old antibiotic may provide much-needed protection against multi-drug resistant bacterial infections, according to a new study.
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Study Shows Human DNA is Everywhere—Is that Okay?
May 16, 2023
While the scientists expected some human eDNA to end up in their sea turtle samples, the quality and quantity was a lot more than expected.
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Women in Science: Newly Discovered Article Shows Rosalind Franklin was Part of DNA Team
May 15, 2023
While she was not awarded the Nobel prize, we know that Rosalind Franklin, a physical chemist, played a vital role in Watson and Crick’s ultimate discovery.
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Smaller Birds and Crabs with Anosmia: More Effects of a Warming World
May 09, 2023
Earth’s increasing temperature is affecting ecosystems from the depths of the sea to the tippy top of Mt. Everest. In two unrelated studies published this week, researchers in Michigan and Toronto have now linked climate change to crashing crab populations and smaller, long-winged birds.
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Study: Cigarette Butts are Toxic to Aquatic Larvae
May 08, 2023
A new study from researchers in Sweden shows cigarette butts and their plastics and toxic chemicals are polluting waterways, where they are harming aquatic larvae.
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Chemo Drug Breaches Blood-Brain Barrier for the First Time
May 04, 2023
In a first, scientists at Northwestern Medicine successfully opened the blood-brain barrier to deliver chemotherapy to large, critical regions of the brain.
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Team Turns Salmon into Aquatic Model as Microbe Research Heats Up
May 02, 2023
A team at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology has demonstrated the benefits of Atlantic salmon as a model species for microbiome research.
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