labiotech
Turning waste into energy: Could biotechnology tackle a major tradeoff problem of modern agriculture?
For decades now, bioenergy has been posited as a renewable and clean source of energy. Biomass, particularly from forestry, is ...
Europe regulates gene-edited crops as GMOs. Will it ever have the tools to detect them?
To enforce GMO restrictions, EU member states first need a way to detect GMOs. So in 2002, the EU set ...
A question of accountability: How can we prevent the release of potentially harmful human-created organisms?
When it comes to risk from synthetic biology applications, one source of concern is the community of DIY biologists and ...
Making a push for synthetic biology in Europe
Within a few years synthetic biology has evolved from being a new player in the molecular biology and biotech arena, ...
Deadly brain disease could be treated in the womb with gene therapy
A research team from the UK and Singapore showed that a neurodegenerative condition called Gaucher disease, which can be fatal, ...
Molecular pharming: Could cancer treatments one day grow on trees?
Could you imagine a world in which clinical treatments for illnesses such as cancer grew on trees? Professor Julian Ma ...