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Welcome to De Novo by me, Metacelsus. De Novo is a blog about new and interesting things, especially things related to synthetic biology. The term de novo can mean a few different things depending on context, but it always refers to something new. In metabolism,

May 13, 2021

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Oocytes from male mice

Mar 17

A mathematical exercise in keeping things cool

Jan 25

Evaluating the evidence

Jan 10

Last night I watched “Make People Better”, a documentary about He Jiankui’s gene-edited babies. It was a decent documentary (if a bit overdramatized…

Jan 2

Or, why two eggs can’t make a baby

Dec 23, 2022

Part 1 of the epigenetics series

Nov 6, 2022

Why you shouldn't eat it

Oct 15, 2022

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