Ingestible “bacteria on a chip” could help diagnose disease
Ultra-low-power sensors carrying genetically engineered bacteria can detect gastric bleeding.
Ultra-low-power sensors carrying genetically engineered bacteria can detect gastric bleeding.
Biologist honored for his work developing yeast as a model organism for genetic studies.
Cryptographic system could enable “crowdsourced” genomics, with volunteers contributing information to privacy-protected databases.
Study in worms reveals gene loss can lead to accumulation of waste products in cells.
Whitehead team analyzes transcriptomes for roughly 70,000 cells in planarians, creates publicly available database to drive further research.
New discovery suggests that all life may share a common design principle.
Study finds that major vault protein is needed for homeostatic plasticity.
Whitehead Institute study in yeast illuminates the role of a molecular de-clogger in disease biology.
With SHERLOCK, a strip of paper can now indicate presence of pathogens, tumor DNA, or any genetic signature of interest.
Whitehead Institute researchers are using a modified CRISPR/Cas9-guided activation strategy to investigate the most frequent cause of intellectual disability in males.
Department of Biology kicks off IAP seminar series with a lecture by synthetic-biology visionary George Church.
Study explains why mutations that would seemingly affect all cells lead to face-specific birth defects.
Study: State-level disclosure laws affect patients’ eagerness to have their DNA tested.
Study shows that, like proteins, genomes must fold appropriately to function properly and that some transcription factors provide the structural support.