Some conservation groups are calling for an effective ban on genetic modification, but others say these technologies are crucial for preserving biodiversity ...

We are now in the second great wave of the genetic revolution, not defined by reading the human code of life, but by rewriting it.

Chloroplasts—the "light power plants" of plant cells—are increasingly the focus of synthetic biology. These organelles house ...

From CRISPR to gene banking, synthetic biology has big implications for wildlife evolution and conservation, but ethical ...

Understanding how cells turn genes on and off is one of biology's most enduring mysteries. Now, a new technology developed by ...

Transferring one species to another is how to create genetically modified organisms, or GMOs. This creates something not ...

Over the past two decades, synthetic biology has fueled advancements across a broad range of disciplines, including agriculture, bioremediation, biofuel production, and chemical manufacturing. Today, ...

Study investigated the structure-property relationship of the coral’s sclerite-based biological granular jamming system.

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Scientists at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography have described a new way to produce large amounts of xanthommatin, a natural pigment, in a bacterium for the first time. Xanthommatin ...

An international research team led by Shinhua Ding, a professor at the University of Missouri College of Engineering, has ...