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Let them eat xylose: yeast engineered to grow efficiently on novel nutrients

Discoveries may lead to faster growth and higher cell densities in biological engineering applications
Scientists develop tiny tooth-mounted sensors that can track what you eat

Wireless real-time monitoring could add precision to the linkage between diet and health
The Spillover Effect

Tracking the origins of influenza and other infectious diseases in the animals around us
Dental Students as Researchers

Student research on display at Bates-Andrews Day runs the gamut from HPV vaccines to sleep apnea appliances
On the Cancer War Front Lines

Madeleine Oudin brings a biologist’s perspective to biomedical engineering to fight cancer metastasis and drug resistance
Taking Fake News to Task

In a new Science magazine article, Kelly M. Greenhill and colleagues explore ways to curb the spread of disingenuous information

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