When scientist J. Craig Venter and his team announced in 2010 that they had created the first cell controlled by a fully synthetic genome, it marked a turning point in how scientists think about life.

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Synthetic biology treats biological organisms as a new technological medium with a unique set of characteristics, such as the ability to self-repair, evolve and replicate. These characteristics create ...

All tech companies start from the same premise: “Our industry is big and bloated. The model doesn’t work, and we tech disruptors are here to change that.” Techbios are no different. We are united in ...

Immunology has undergone a revolution thanks to vaccinations. Systems immunology integrates various experimental and computational approaches to comprehend the intricate interactions between the ...

Biological systems are noisy and unpredictable. To create predictable systems in biology, one needs standards and rules. Enter synthetic biology — an engineering inspired approach to design novel ...

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 ...

The highlights of high-school biology used to be a juicy chapter about sex and an even juicier one about dissecting frogs. Today, kids are facing complexities of molecular genetics, cellular structure ...