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The Center for Genomic Diagnostics employs new technologies to diagnose and treat diseases at a lower cost.

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EZSpecificity combines extensive new enzyme-substrate docking data and a new machine learning algorithm to predict the best pairing for making a desired product, with up to 91.7% accuracy. Illinois professor Huimin Zhao led the study
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New AI tool helps match enzymes to substrates
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Joseph Irudayaraj Founder Professor in Bioengineering
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Epigenetic Switches Behind PFAS Cell Damage Identified
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Chemical and biomolecular engineering professor Huimin Zhao leads the new National Science Foundation iBioFoundry at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Photo by Michelle Hassel
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IGB celebrates opening of iBioFoundry, National Institute for Biofoundry Applications
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Bioeconomy U: How Illinois is leading the bio-revolution
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Bioeconomy U: How Illinois is leading the bio-revolution
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Long-term alcohol consumption causes a breakdown in the liver’s regenerative abilities, thanks to inflammation disrupting the protein-making process, Illinois researchers and collaborators found in a new study. Illustration by Deyasini Roy
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Long-term alcohol use suspends liver cells in limbo, preventing regeneration
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The CABBI research team and the iBioFAB biofoundry at the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology (IGB). Front row, Graduate Student Seth Croslow and Research Scientist Jia Dong. Back row, from left: Co-PIs Mathew Hudson, Jonathan Sweedler, Huimin Zhao and Biofoundry Manager Stephan Lane. Credit: Julie Wurth/CABBI
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CABBI Team Deploys Robotic Lab to Revolutionize Plant Bioengineering
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