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Bioengineered chewing gum may offer a way to fight microbes linked to cancers

Hacker News Top · 2026-08-06 Cached

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania developed a bioengineered chewing gum that reduced HPV levels by up to 93% and nearly eliminated two oral bacteria linked to head and neck cancer, while preserving beneficial microbes. The findings were published in Scientific Reports.

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For first time, a cell built from scratch grows and divides

Hacker News Top · 2026-07-01 Cached

Scientists built a synthetic cell from scratch that grows, replicates DNA, and divides, marking a major step toward creating life from nonliving materials.

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Running ‘Doom’ on E. coli cells… very, very slowly

Lobsters Hottest · 2026-05-18 Cached

MIT researcher Lauren Ramlan published a paper demonstrating that the classic game Doom can be played on a display made from E. coli cells, though at an extremely slow frame rate that would take centuries to complete a single playthrough.

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3D-MIND: A flexible device that can be integrated with living brain cells

Reddit r/singularity · 2026-05-08

The article introduces 3D-MIND, a novel flexible device designed to seamlessly integrate with living brain tissue for advanced neural interfacing. This development aims to improve biocompatibility and signal quality for next-generation brain-computer applications.

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