The Big Story: November 24, 2025

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Students in white coats in a lab.
FSU’s iGEM team designed, built and tested microplastic-binding proteins intended to be taken orally and work in the human gastrointestinal tract to safely eliminate microplastics from the body and prevent them from depositing in other organs such as the brain or placenta. (Photo by Brittany Mobley)

Florida State University’s International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) team won a gold medal for the second year in a row at the world’s largest annual synthetic biology competition. Read more …

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