When Ginkgo Bioworks’ head of codebase Dr Patrick Boyle was working on his doctoral research between 2006-12, he was “basically ordering DNA one gene at a time,” he recalls. “I think I ordered less ...

Synthetic biology is an interdisciplinary field that combines principles from biology, engineering, and computer science to design and construct new biological systems or redesign existing ones. It ...

A conversation with HE HUANG, vice president of Nanjing Normal University, and a leading member of Jiangsu Synthetic Biology Basic Research Centre Functional lipids are fats that provide health ...

Cells use compartments known as organelles to sequester molecules or reactions as a way to control many biochemical processes. Scientists would like to do the same by engineering synthetic organelles ...

When you hear "biology" you probably think something like "nature" or "natural", but humankind has been interfering with biology for thousands of years, and now in the 21st century our tools are more ...

In Washington, DC, Xian-en Zhang, Director General, Basic Research Department, China Ministry of Science and Technology, stated that the People’s Republic of China is seeking to position itself as a ...

Kristy Hawkins, PhD, Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer, Antheia Too often, the word “innovation” is preceded by the word “disruptive.” Although we’ve all heard the cry, “Move fast and break ...

In today’s rapidly evolving scientific landscape, eliminating barriers to progress is more critical than ever. Precision medicine and targeted therapies hold great promise but are dependent on the ...

Synthetic biology, biofoundries, and AI modeling could make vaccine production more sustainable and better prepare industry for pandemics, say some researchers. Until last year, vaccine manufacturing ...

Cancer therapy and synthetic biology are converging around a shared problem that has long frustrated oncologists and engineers alike: the unpredictable behavior of individual cells. New work at the ...