synthetic biology

“Kill switches” shut down engineered bacteria
Programmable plants: Synthetic biologists pave way for making genetic circuits
Synthetic biology needs robust safety mechanisms before real world application
A way to treat bacterial infections with artificial viruses
A Major New Approach to Gene Therapy
Major synthetic life breakthrough as scientists make the first artificial enzymes
Synthetic Biology for Space Exploration
Precise and programmable biological circuits
Biotechnology: A new opium pipe
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a method to create air-stable water droplet networks that are valuable for applications in biological sensing and membrane research. Image credit: Kyle Kuykendall.
Novel ORNL technique enables air-stable water droplet networks
Photo courtesy of The Scripps Research Institute. Floyd E. Romesberg, PhD, is an associate professor at The Scripps Research Institute.
Scientists Add Letters to DNA’s Alphabet, Raising Hope and Fear
Photo courtesy of The Scripps Research Institute. Floyd E. Romesberg, PhD, is an associate professor at The Scripps Research Institute.
Scripps Research Institute Scientists Create First Living Organism that Transmits Added Letters in DNA ‘Alphabet’
via Rice University
Bioengineers invent ‘light tube array,’ ‘bioscilloscope’ to test, debug genetic circuits
High-octane bacteria could ease pain at the pump
Biology’s drive toward engineering