Over the past two decades, synthetic biology has fueled advancements across a broad range of disciplines, including agriculture, bioremediation, biofuel production, and chemical manufacturing. Today, ...
In a world first, a bespoke gene-editing therapy benefitted one child. Now reseachers plan to launch a clinical trial of the ...
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified central routes that two deadly viruses take to invade human cells and have designed decoy molecules that block the ...
Humans have long experimented with nature, bending evolution to serve aesthetics, science, and curiosity. Some animals have ...
Researchers have shown for the first time that flipping an epigenetic “switch” in specific memory-holding neurons can directly alter memory strength.
A research team has successfully engineered a japonica rice variety using CRISPR/Cas9 to simultaneously optimize plant ...
Ozempic, MRI machines and flat screen televisions all emerged out of fundamental research decades earlier — the very types of ...
A new study has revealed that the gene HMGN1 is a key driver of congenital heart defects (CHDs) in Down syndrome. Using ...
From CRISPR to gene banking, synthetic biology has big implications for wildlife evolution and conservation, but ethical ...