Synthetic Biology
US adults wary of gene editing: What does that mean for medicine?
The Pew survey revealed that 50 percent of U.S. adults said they would not want genetic editing and 68 percent ...
Elephant genetics offer promise in fight against cancer
It’s an odd phenomenon that scientists have observed: elephants rarely get cancer despite their massive size, and, presumably, more cell ...
Manufacturing could be revolutionized by synthetic biology
The emerging discipline of synthetic biology sits at the crux of the intersection between design, biology, computing and manufacturing...[I]t appears ...
Sustainably produced ‘cow’s milk’ made using genetically engineered yeast coming to your breakfast table
...[T]he next trend for [milk] isn't a plant-based alternative: It's cow's milk—with a twist. Though nearly identical to the stuff you ...
Mini brains grown from teeth stem cells reveal secrets of sociability
Can tiny brains grown in a dish reveal the secrets of sociability? Balls of brain tissue generated from stem cells ...
Aggressive brain tumors temporarily halted using genetically modified immune cells
One of the most deadly types of cancers are glioblastomas – a particularly aggressive form of brain tumor. Patients diagnosed ...
Talking Biotech: Marketing expert Jay Baer’s tips on communicating about GMOs
Marketing expert Jay Baer's tips on communicating about GMOs ...
‘Hearts-in-a-dish’: Gene editing and stem cell technologies unravel mysteries of heart disease
When a patient shows symptoms of cancer, a biopsy is taken...But the same can’t be done for heart disease, the ...
‘Brain blobs’ genetically engineered from stem cells can track effects of Zika virus
[C]ombined with gene editing techniques like CRISPR, it seems like there’s almost nothing you can’t just whip up in a ...
How biotechnology is revolutionizing our lives
Biotechnology is a broad range of technologies that employ living organisms or parts of them to make diverse products. For ...
Pacemakers made out of human stem cells may replace electronic models in future
The very first functional pacemaker cells created out of human stem cells have been developed by scientists from the McEwen ...
Cure for gluten intolerance feasible with synthetic enzymes
Research to create a cure for celiac disease that started [at the University of Washington] is now moving to the ...
“Cutting out” genes linked to muscle disorder may restore movement in patients
Scientists are using "gene scissors" to cut off the code of a defective gene that results in progressively weaker muscles ...
Progesterone: ‘Harmful’ hormone or ‘game changer’ for patients with recurrent breast cancer?
An international team of researchers involving the University of Adelaide is tackling the controversy over what some scientists consider to ...
GMO wars will seem ‘quaint’ when 3-D printed meat is introduced
We love organic food. We hate genetically modified food. That’s how the cool kids think these days. But the nerds ...
UN Biodiversity Conference: Anti-technology NGOs aim to block gene drive, CRISPR, synthetic biology
The UN Biodiversity Conference is taking place in Cancun through December 17. Activist groups and ... international NGOs can have a ...
Building “genetic circuits” in cells could kill tumors by depriving them of oxygen
Imagine having cells in your body that can actively repel cancer in a way that makes it theoretically impossible for ...
Startup developing fragrant GMO moss to act as living air freshener
Over three years ago ... Antony Evans, CEO of synthetic biology startup company TAXA Biotechnologies, launched a Kickstarter project to raise money for a ...
Breakthrough synthetic nervous system performs “remarkably similar” to human system
In a breakthrough for regenerative medicine, scientists have grown intestinal tissues with functional nerves in a laboratory setup using human ...
White House science advisors urge CRISPR bioterrorist defense strategy
Scientific advisers to President Obama warn that the U.S. urgently needs a new biodefense strategy and should regularly brief President-elect ...
Gene therapy tourism on the rise as debate heightens over reproductive technologies
One of [the] unintended consequences [of regulating, prohibiting or authorizing the use of new technologies] is “medical tourism,” where people ...
Bioartificial kidneys may soon improve treatment of patients with renal failure
Dutch researchers Dimitrios Stamatialis of the University of Twente, Roos Masereeuw from the University of Utrecht, and their teams have ...
Could genetically engineered plants save us from global warming?
Atmospheric carbon dioxide levels are rising, triggering global climate change, scientists agree. Researchers have been searching for ways to scrub ...
‘Regenerative medicine’ and stem cell therapies hold potential for disease treatments despite grim headlines
Grim stories about the abuse of regenerative medicine and stem cell therapies have been in the headlines. Hundreds of international ...
Bioerrorism: US military initiates Safe Genes program in case gene drives run amok
Over the next four years a new program in the Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) plans to cultivate...a ...
Designer bacteria: Genetically modified pills are a radical new way to treat rare stomach ailments
Designer bacteria are organisms that have been genetically modified to include a new function to make it do something it ...
Could genetic modification via insects protect crops against agricultural bioterrorism?
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Biological Technologies Office (BTO) has announced a Proposers Day for the new Insect ...