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Delivering Proteins to Testes Could Someday Treat Male Infertility
Friday, October 23, 2020
Researchers have found a way to deliver a protein important for sperm cell production directly to mouse testicles, where it restored normal sperm development and allowed previously infertile mice to father pups. Read More News
Transcription Factors May Inadvertently Lock in DNA Mistakes
Friday, October 23, 2020
A team of researchers has found that transcription factors have a tendency to bind strongly to "mismatched" sections of DNA, sections of the code that were not copied correctly. Read More News
Paper: Congress Must Clarify Limits of Gene-editing Technologies
Friday, October 23, 2020
According to a new paper, how the next Congress decides to handle the issue will affect the science, ethics and financing of genome editing for decades to come. Read More News
FDA Approves First Treatment for COVID-19
Friday, October 23, 2020
On Thursday, the Food and Drug Administration approved the antiviral drug remdesivir for patients with COVID-19 severe enough to require hospitalization. Remdesivir has been on the Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) list for COVID-19 patients since May 1, 2020. Read More News
2020’s Greenest Universities and Colleges
Thursday, October 22, 2020
For the past 14 years, Sierra Club, one of the largest grassroots environmental organizations in the U.S., has ranked universities and colleges according to their environmental commitments. Although 2020 was different, the list continues with 20 of the greenest schools. Read More News

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FDA Approves First Treatment for COVID-19

Delivering Proteins to Testes Could Someday Treat Male Infertility

Transcription Factors May Inadvertently Lock in DNA Mistakes

Paper: Congress Must Clarify Limits of Gene-editing Technologies

FDA Approves First Treatment for COVID-19

2020’s Greenest Universities and Colleges