The group alleges selective use of field trial results to project higher yields and early maturation while ICAR scientists defend the evaluation process as transparent and scientifically sound ...

Synthetic biology is ready for the next developmental milestone and America’s leadership depends on getting the financing right.

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 experiments, researchers showed that the disease-spreading insects couldn’t resist the sweet smell of a fungus that infected and killed them.

Seven years after the first gene-edited babies were revealed, biotech startup Manhattan Genomics is reviving the idea of ...

For decades, scientists believed the essence of life was written solely in four chemical bases: A, C, T, and G. Together, ...

In a promising advance for cancer treatment, Northwestern University scientists have re-engineered the molecular structure of ...

and G—that make up the genetic code. The prevailing belief was that by decoding these sequences, we could unlock how cells and organisms fundamentally work. Now, research from Northwestern Engineering ...

Once inside, enzymes broke down the DNA shell to release the drug molecules ... colleagues at the US National Science Foundation Human AugmentatioN via Dexterity Engineering Research Center (HAND ERC) ...

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Advances in cancer immunotherapy from immune checkpoint modulation to adoptive cell transfer of tumour-infiltrating ...

From CRISPR to gene banking, synthetic biology has big implications for wildlife evolution and conservation, but ethical ...