Codon | Niko McCarty | Substack

Engineered proteins, tuned to respond to different light levels, control gene expression in bacteria and mammalian cells.

Nov 21

Microbial biosensors detect water contaminants in 3 minutes.

Nov 7

Plus: A short history of beer.

Nov 29

Including first-in-human zinc finger nuclease trials & an RNA vaccine for Ebola virus.

Oct 31

Cas12l prefers to cut supercoiled DNA.

Oct 24

By studying the history of Earth's most important protein, scientists bolster blueprints to engineer it.

Oct 17

A diverse group of fifty-four Sicilians, who lived between the eight- and fifth centuries B.C., get sequenced.

Oct 11

The child is alive and well two years later after a liver rejection and septicemia.

Oct 3

They improved muscle function in a mouse model of XLMTM.

Sep 27

On hype and how I messed up twice in one day.

Sep 19

Highlights from the White House Summit on Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing.

Sep 14

Plus: AlphaFold is bad at drug discovery (at least, for predicting antibiotic-protein interactions.)

Sep 13

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Engineered life forms and a new future for humanity.

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