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Scientists have genetically modified silkworms to produce threads that are as strong as spider silk.

After decades of trying, scientists may have finally found a way to make body armor out of spider silk.

It sounds like science fiction, but scientists around the world are getting tantalizingly close to building the mind-controlled prosthetic arms, computer cursors and mechanical wheelchairs of the future. Researchers...

Scientists at the University of Cambridge have made a significant step in the development of a novel therapy that could one day help to slow down, or even halt, the damage caused by Parkinson’s disease (PD), one of the most common neurodegenerative disorders. The therapy, which has been shown to be effective in rat models of the condition, involves exploiting the natural process by which common ...

The bacteria that plague us during an infection are never quite the same as the ones that entered our body to begin with. With the ability to grow rapidly and swap genes, they can quickly adapt to our immune defences and the drugs we throw at them. Evolution is the greatest weapon that infectious bacteria [...]