Researchers have created a synthetic system that is able to regenerate parts of its own DNA and protein building blocks. Scientists report positive safety and durability results from the first U.S.

Just by engineering it, you are faced with certain problems that you didn’t realize when you were studying the system top-down. —Cees Dekker, Delft University of Technology In the future, synthetic ...

“It’s the first molecule that can be attached to anything to attenuate the innate immune system, which is currently limiting us from delivering therapeutic particles and implanting devices,” said ...

The system they developed may facilitate the transportation ... Thus, a very valuable instrument can be added to the toolbox of synthetic biology. Prof. Laura Na Liu and her team published their ...

The new work raises new questions: Could synthetic platforms—such as DNA ... The new study is an important step in this direction. The system of cross-membrane channels, created by DNA ...

Similarly, another study utilized chromatophores from the bacterium Rhodobacter sphaeroides to create a semi-synthetic system that effectively measures voltage induced by light, indicating the ...