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Biology as it reaches the news: DNA, RNA and proteins, cells, evolution and fossils, animal behaviour, the brain, immunity and ageing. Prelims has asked how plant and animal cells differ and what B cells and T cells do in the body.
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Biology results, 2026
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| Date | Result | One line | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Jul 2026 | ContactSeek | An AI tool that predicts where a DNA base editor touches DNA, making editors more precise | The Hindu, 26 Jul 2026 |
| 15 Jul 2026 | A gene watched jumping between species | An RNA intron tracked moving from a predatory bacterium into the archaeon it attacks | The Hindu, 15 Jul 2026 |
| 5 Jul 2026 | CAR-T therapy for solid tumours | A therapy aimed at the protein GPNMB, found on rare sarcomas and some kidney cancers | The Hindu, 5 Jul 2026: CAR T-cell therapy 'sees' solid tumours thanks to protein (opens in a new tab) |
Synthetic cell
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A synthetic cell is built from a bubble of fats holding a protein making system and a small genome, and is judged by whether it can feed, copy its genome, divide and evolve.
What changed
6 Jul 2026New subjectalso in news
- Researchers built a synthetic cell from a bubble of fats holding a protein making system and a small genome. It fed by absorbing smaller bubbles, copied its genome and divided, and cells with a helpful mutation outbred the rest.
The Hindu, 6 Jul 2026: Synthetic cell: machine that could (opens in a new tab)
Also filed elsewhere
- Epigenetics · on Genomics, gene editing and cell therapy
A gene is a stretch of DNA whose sequence of bases spells out one protein, and Mendel's rules have each of its two copies passed on unchanged and independently.