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DNA Can Solve Everything ... Right?

Jun 13, 2007

According to this news story, researchers are turning to DNA testing in the hopes that it will offer clues to what happened in the so-called Lost Colony -- a settlement of people on Roanoke Island who mysteriously disappeared after three years. (Maybe they just got a better offer.)

 

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Tens of Millions Saved

The Associated Press writes that vaccines against COVID-19 saved an estimated 20 million lives in their first year.

Supersized Bacterium

NPR reports that researchers have found and characterized a bacterium that is visible to the naked eye.

Also Subvariants

Moderna says its bivalent SARS-CoV-2 vaccine leads to a strong immune response against Omicron subvariants, the Wall Street Journal reports.

Science Papers Present Gene-Edited Mouse Models of Liver Cancer, Hürthle Cell Carcinoma Analysis

In Science this week: a collection of mouse models of primary liver cancer, and more.