Scientists are Learning to Rewrite the Code of Life

In a giant feat of genetic engineering, scientists have created bacteria that make proteins in a radically different way than all natural species do.

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Grand Jury Indicts Russian Scientist on Smuggling Charges

Kseniia Petrova, a Harvard researcher, was detained in February after failing to declare scientific samples she was carrying into the country.

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Russian Scientist Released After Four Months in Federal Custody

Kseniia Petrova, a Harvard researcher, still faces criminal charges for failing to declare scientific samples she was carrying in her suitcase.

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What Happens to Harvard if Trump Successfully Bars Its International Students?

If President Trump makes good on all his threats, Harvard may lose much of its influence and prestige. It could also become even harder to afford.

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Judge Says Government Should Release Russian Scientist

The judge ordered ICE to release Kseniia Petrova, a researcher at Harvard Medical School, who also faces criminal charges.

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Ex-Harvard Medical School Morgue Chief to Plead Guilty in Sale of Body Parts

Cedric Lodge stole organs from cadavers that had been donated for medical research, prosecutors said. The university fired him in 2023.

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Pride and Dread in Harvard Yard as Trump Wars With the University

Students on Thursday protested the president’s attacks on Harvard, but at town hall meetings, defiance mixed with uncertainty as faculty members examined the toll of the White House’s actions.

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As RFK Jr. Champions Chronic Disease Prevention, Key Research Is Cut

Two significant programs that invested in research on diabetes, dementia, obesity and kidney disease have ended since the start of the Trump administration.

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Kilmer McCully, Pathologist Scorned for New Theory of Heart Disease, Dies at 91

His studies showed that a B vitamin deficiency could cause hardened arteries. It took the medical profession more than a decade to catch up.

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Trump Cuts Imperil Cancer, Diabetes and Pediatric Research at Columbia

Dozens of medical and scientific studies are ending or at risk of ending, leaving researchers scrambling to find alternative funding.

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