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Synthetic Biology Sheds Light on Microbial Evolution

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By Madeline Barron
| American Society for Microbiology (ASM)
Using synthetic biology, researchers can engineer microbes with new or specialized functions. Source: Getty Images/kirstypargeter Microbes are pioneers of the planet. They evolved over millennia from the primordial precursors of ancient Earth, the starting point for the preponderance of life as we know it. The question is: how? Once purely existential, the query into how life emerged has moved into the world of experimentation.
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American Society for Microbiology

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By Madeline Barron
| American Society for Microbiology (ASM)
In April 2026, a passenger boarded a Dutch cruise ship in Ushuaia, Argentina after a bird-watching trip. Ten days later, he died. The cause of his death, while initially unclear, was determined to be Andes hantavirus (ANDV), which he picked up prior to boarding the ship. His wife, sickened by the same virus, later died as well. As of this writing, there have been 10 reported cases of ANDV infection from the ship, resulting in 3 deaths.
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American Society for Microbiology

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By Madeline Barron
| American Society for Microbiology (ASM)
Rats and mice don’t usually like cat pee. It’s a warning sign: stay away if you want to live another day. But sometimes the rodents don’t take the hint. In fact, they may be attracted to the odor—and, as a result, end up in the clutches of the cat who did the peeing. There’s a reason this phenomenon is called fatal feline attraction. What comes over these seemingly self-destructive rodents? It turns out, they don’t have much choice in the matter. Their brain has been hijacked. T.
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