Synthetic DNA
Opening the floodgates to synthetic biology innovations in drugs, textiles, agricultural products and advanced materials
Today’s DNA makers still create their products using chemistry. To form a new double helix, the individual letters of DNA ...
Viewpoint: Someone created a synthetic cousin of smallpox: Where are the alarm bells?
In 2017, the virologist David Evans made headlines when he used synthetic biology to recreate the extinct horsepox virus, which ...
Can we prevent a synthetic DNA catastrophe—accidental or intentional—through these proposed safeguards?
New approaches to DNA editing and synthesis have made it easier to manipulate biological agents and systems, increasing the risk ...
3D-printed plastic bunny contains its own blueprint coded in synthetic DNA
The kumquat-sized bunny, cute as it may be, isn’t a toy or a good luck charm. But if you cut ...
Forget batteries and wires. Can we build robots out of synthetic DNA?
It's long been a dream of many to build robots that look and act like humans. After all, there's a ...
Viewpoint: Creation of synthetic DNA demands ethical boundaries for its use
A study published [February 21] expands the redesign of the 4-billion-year-old genetic code from a four-nucleotide base-pair alphabet to an eight-base-pair ...
