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  Matthew Tan Chee Hwee

  

  Artificial intelligence makes enzyme engineering easy

  phys.org - Osaka University

  You can't move a pharmaceutical scientist from a lab to a kitchen and expect the same research output. Enzymes behave exactly the same: They are …

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  Matthew Tan Chee Hwee

  

  Humans are 8% virus. Here’s why that matters.

  bigthink.com - Aidan Burn

  Remnants of ancient viral pandemics in the form of viral DNA sequences embedded in our genomes are still active in healthy people, according to new …

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  Matthew Tan Chee Hwee

  

  Circadian disruption induces weight gain through changes in gut microbiota

  news-medical.net - Dr. Chinta Sidharthan

  In a recent study published in the journal Molecular Metabolism, researchers investigated the impact of environmental and genetic disruptions of the …

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  Matthew Tan Chee Hwee

  

  The Sci-Fi Dream of a ‘Molecular Computer’ Is Getting More Real

  WIRED - Max G. Levy

  Chemists have long conceptualized tiny machines that could fabricate drugs, plastics, and other polymers that are hard to build with bigger …

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  Matthew Tan Chee Hwee

  

  Humans are 8% virus – how ancient viral DNA in your genome plays a role in disease and development

  Salon - Aidan Burn

  Remnants of ancient viral pandemics in the form of viral DNA sequences embedded in our genomes are still active in healthy people, according to new research my colleagues and I recently published. HERVs, or human endogenous retroviruses, make up around 8% of the human genome, left behind as a result …

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  Matthew Tan Chee Hwee

  

  Machine learning generates highly-accurate diagnoses of elusive global killer -- Sepsis

  thebrighterside.news - Joseph Shavit

  Sepsis, the overreaction of the immune system in response to an infection, causes an estimated 20% of deaths globally and as many as 20 to 50% of …