A Startup Has Unlocked a Way to Make Cheap Insulin
Houston-based rBIO has invented a new process to churn out insulin at higher yields using custom-made bacteria. ..
Houston-based rBIO has invented a new process to churn out insulin at higher yields using custom-made bacteria. ..
Genetically engineering plants to change colors when they encounter a contaminant could help scientists better understand their needs—and the environment. ..
Microbiologist Andrew Hessel believes in the power of synthetic biology to cure cancer, clone ourselves for the future—or to even destroy humanity. ..
Chemists have long conceptualized tiny machines that could fabricate drugs, plastics, and other polymers that are hard to build with bigger tools. ..
Researchers have found a new way to keep records of when a cell’s genes turn on and off—by harnessing systems that bacteria already use for self-defense. ..
In theory, the building blocks of life are possible with a more expansive code than three-letter codons. New work shows that would be a challenge. ..
A 3D digital model of a “minimal cell” leads scientists closer to understanding the barest requirements for life. ..
Harvesting this vegetable oil is a huge driver of deforestation. Numerous startups are taking up the daunting task of engineering it instead. ..
Reactor-grown nuggets, human-edited genetic code, and new mRNA technologies could change our relationship to life itself. ..
Dozens of viruses don't use the same four nucleotide bases found in all other life. New work shows how this is possible—and perhaps more common than ..