Will Smith and several of his celebrity friends are committed to getting into the best shape of their lives over the next few months as part of a recently announced YouTube series, but Smith is also learning that the smartest way to begin a sudden weight loss transformation isn’t always the most social media-friendly. Earlier… Read More »
Researchers have created a new gene editing tool called Retron Library Recombineering (RLR) that can generate up to millions of mutations simultaneously, and ‘barcodes’ mutant bacterial cells so that the entire pool can be screened at once. It can be used in contexts where CRISPR is toxic or not feasible, and results in better editing… Read More »
Victorians aged over 70 will be able to show up to a vaccine centre and get jabbed without an appointment from Wednesday, as the state prepares to scale up its rollout. The AstraZeneca vaccine will be available to Victorians in groups 1a and 1b at the Royal Exhibition Building, the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre,… Read More »
Victoria’s Holiday Inn COVID-19 outbreak is officially over as other states confront new hotel quarantine linked scares. The Department of Health on Sunday announced the last active coronavirus case connected to the Melbourne Airport hotel was cleared on Saturday. In all, the cluster infected 24 people after a Holiday Inn worker first tested positive on… Read More »