STRESS 2 (IMAGE)

Rice University

STRESS 2

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Rice University chemists led by Han Xiao expanded the genetic code of Escherichia coli bacteria to produce a synthetic building block, a "noncanonical amino acid" that makes it a living indicator for oxidative stress.

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Jeff Fitlow/Rice University

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