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An African eggplants hangs on the vine

Genetics

Scientists discover genes to grow bigger tomatoes and eggplants

Published March 5, 2025

Johns Hopkins scientists say the innovation could bring 'new fruits, foods, and flavors' to an expanded global agricultural marketplace

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Genetic sequencing

Johns Hopkins team develops software that cuts time, cost from gene sequencing

Published Dec 4, 2020

The open-source software has the potential to 'forever change how DNA sequencing is done,' according to computational biologist Michael Schatz