In this case, the gene encoding T7 RNA polymerase was added to the SpudCell genome, and it was made by those artificial cells ...

A handful of start-up firms are testing therapies that target specific epigenetic markers to treat everything from high ...

Every year, bacteria kill more than a million people worldwide through infections that no longer respond to antibiotics. In ...

Scientists at The Wistar Institute have shown that a single injection of a small, circular piece of genetic instructions can ...

From why it was created to whether it’s alive, here’s what to know about SpudCell, the latest advance in synthetic biology.

Mary-Dell Chilton, Ph.D., an American pioneer in plant sciences known as the “Queen of the Agrobacterium,” died on June 24, ...

Scientists at The Wistar Institute have shown that a single injection of a small, circular piece of genetic instructions can ...

Accurate RNA splicing is essential for gene expression and human health, yet predicting how DNA sequence variations affect ...

Scientists say they have built a cell from scratch for the first time that feeds, grows and replicates like a natural cell, a ...

Over the past decade, researchers at WashU Medicine have established that a molecule called SARM1 is a central trigger in the loss of axons, the vital wiring of the nervous system. Axon loss is ...