Synthetic Biology
Was Harvard meeting on synthesizing human genome too “secretive”?
A meeting at Harvard synthesizing a human genome from scratch drew criticism for its apparent secrecy. Was the criticism warranted ...
Can genetically modified mosquitoes save Hawaii’s birds?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Ecologist Eben Paxton, speaking ...
Can DIY synthetic biology democratize biotechnology?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In the 1970s a ...
Florida senator voices support for Zika-fighting mosquitoes
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson ...
Cayman Islands to employ genetically modified mosquitoes against Zika
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. In the year since ...
Twenty years after cloned sheep Dolly’s birth, reproductive technology still evolving
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. It may seem bizarre, ...
Lab grown human embryos: Scientific progress collides with ethical dilemma
New achievements in our ability to grow and maintain human embryos in the lab point to great promise, but also ...
DIY home CRISPR kits: Does egalitarian science compromise safety?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Growing up poor on ...
Is biotechnology changing how humans evolve?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. After 4 billion years of ...
Artificial sperm on horizon? Scientists reprogram human skin cells into sperm parent cells
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. For the 10 to ...
CRISPR’s new upgrade cleans up messy aftermath
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Molecule by molecule, the ...
CRISPR co-discoverer Emmanuelle Charpentier continuing advances in gene editing
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Emmanuelle Charpentier's office is ...
Can GM mosquitoes move past public’s fear of gene editing and play role in eliminating Zika?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. History is filthy with ...
Florida residents set to vote on GM mosquito anti-Zika efforts
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. On August 30, residents ...
Synthetic biologists fight snake venom with engineered DNA
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. When the medical charity ...
Marijuana scientists look at genetics to understand weed
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The marijuana analytics company ...
Genetically engineered animals can help save species, but environmental concerns abound
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Biotechnologists have engineered the mosquito ...
Talking Biotech: Kansas Wheat Innovation Center’s Chris Miller talks breeding, future solutions for less reactive wheat
Chris Miller of Kansas Wheat Innovation Center on wheat future, gluten free and breeding ...
Are engineered insects our best chance to stop spread of mosquito-borne diseases?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Between malaria, dengue and ...
Under threat of Zika spread, majority of Americans support employing GM mosquitoes
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Zika is coming to ...
‘Amazon’ for DNA democratizing CRISPR gene editing research
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The gene-editing technology called ...
Neuroscientists create ‘brain in a dish’ to study human intelligence, language
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. A team from Johns ...
GM mosquitoes may be only option for controlling Zika, other viruses
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Genetically modified mosquitoes are in ...
Synthetic tissue transmits electrical signals, like neurons
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Researchers at the University ...
Lab-grown skin grows hair, mimics natural skin
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Scientists in Japan have ...
GM mosquitoes can put end to Zika: Why don’t people trust them?
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The mosquito-borne Zika virus ...
Reflections on Craig Venter’s synbio creation: Life, from scratch
A high profile team creates a bacteria by building its genome block by block, but what's the point? ...