Synthetic biology holds much promise for the life sciences sector as it continues to look for new ways of treating disease and accelerating drug development, says Debiopharm's Tanja Dowe.

Plants mastered the art of harvesting sunlight billions of years ago, using elegant rings of pigments in their leaves. Now, ...

Bacterial synthetic biology is a scientific discipline that deals with the synthesis of part, or the whole, of bacteria that do not exist in nature in this form. It uses engineering and molecular ...

Life on Earth possesses an exceptional ability to self-reproduce, which, even on a simple cellular level, is driven by ...

Beneath it lies a revolution in how we interact with chemistry, biology and the material world. Synthetic biology is already leveraging AI to design gene circuits that function correctly on their ...

Freeze–thaw cycles in an icy pond could let an enzyme copy RNA double helices indefinitely — suggesting one way in which ...

One of humanity’s most profound questions is whether life exists beyond Earth — and if so, what forms it might take. For ...

A new antivenom relies on antibodies from the blood of Tim Friede, who immunized himself against snakebites by injecting increasing doses of venom into his body.

Department of Chemical Engineering, Centre for Process Systems Engineering, Imperial College London, London SW72AZ, United Kingdom Institute for Systems and Synthetic Biology, Imperial College London, ...

They have been developed by the Royal Society of Biology and funded by the Biochemical Society. Five topics related to health and/or food security are featured in the 21st Century BioChallenges ...