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Lessons on Starting a Magazine

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Hopefully, this essay will provide some direction to those of you who may want to start a magazine or print books of your own. Throughout this journey, we’ve received lots of editorial and publishing advice from other editors at magazines we admire. In short, a massive budget isn’t needed to start a magazine.

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Scaling Phage Therapy

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doi: 10.2210/rcsb_pdb/goodsell-gallery-048 The Virus that Cures It’s been over 25 years since the science magazine Discover first ran an extraordinary article about how a long-forgotten medical treatment, used in the former Soviet country of Georgia, could save us from the growing threat of untreatable, drug-resistant infections.

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The First Patented G.M.O.

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Modern biotechnology began in 1972 when biochemists at Stanford University spliced together DNA from two different organisms. The race to exploit recombinant DNA technology was on. “I simply shuffled genes, changing bacteria that already existed,” said Chakrabarty in an interview with People magazine.

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The Dangers of Mirrored Life

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Some scientists even think it had a virus defense system; “researchers say LUCA likely housed 19 CRISPR genes, which bacteria use to slice up viral threats,” reports Quanta Magazine. DNA and RNA molecules are also built from exclusively right-handed nucleic acids.

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Welcome to Asimov Press

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Recombinant DNA technologies were invented in the 1970s. Today we’re launching Asimov Press , a new publishing venture modeled on Stripe Press , that will produce a newsletter, magazine, and books that feature writing about biology. Newsletters and magazines will be free to read.

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Meet the Flower Designer Who Built a Laboratory In His Home

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The word “amateur” can carry a negative connotation , but as Forrest Mims wrote in Science magazine in 1999, the word “retains the meaning of its French root amour , love, for amateurs do science because it’s what they love to do.” I use it to transform—or push DNA into—plant cells.

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The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese: A Geneticist’s Review

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Ironically, while I was reading The Covenant of Water , the cover story of the July 23 New York Times magazine featured The Vanishing Family , by Robert Kolker. The post The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese: A Geneticist’s Review appeared first on DNA Science. It is an unforgettable book. Thank you, Dr. Verghese.

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