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Lessons on Starting a Magazine

Codon

All profits will be donated to Malaria Consortium, an organization that vaccinates children against malaria. Hopefully, this essay will provide some direction to those of you who may want to start a magazine or print books of your own. In short, a massive budget isn’t needed to start a magazine. Each book measures 5.5”

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Codon Digest: Ghana Approves A Better Malaria Vaccine

Codon

Promising new malaria vaccine for kids approved in Ghana. Read Ghana is the first country to approve a new malaria vaccine developed at the University of Oxford. This is not the first vaccine approved to prevent malaria, but it is by far the most effective. Associated Press. That is a sobering thought. Nature Communications.

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Codon Digest: Ghana Approves A Better Malaria Vaccine

Codon

Promising new malaria vaccine for kids approved in Ghana. Read Ghana is the first country to approve a new malaria vaccine developed at the University of Oxford. This is not the first vaccine approved to prevent malaria, but it is by far the most effective. Associated Press. That is a sobering thought. Nature Communications.

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Beyond Steel Tanks

Codon

Water accounts for 70 percent of a bacterium by mass; the other 30 percent includes everything else: proteins, RNA, DNA, lipids, and so on. MenAfriVac is a meningococcal vaccine that remains active, without refrigeration, for up to four days and has significantly boosted vaccine coverage in parts of sub-Saharan Africa.

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The First Patented G.M.O.

Codon

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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Codon: Notes on Progress #2

Codon

“The recombinant DNA breakthrough has provided us with a new and powerful approach to the questions that have intrigued and plagued man for centuries. The central dogma is often depicted as DNA→RNA→protein, but it’s much more: A biophysical marvel inside the smallest of vessels. Biology is a Burrito. 6 of 31.

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Welcome to Asimov Press

Codon

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.