In this interview, Professor James J. Collins, founder of the field of Synthetic Biology, discusses his journey to founding ...

A £10 million Wellcome Trust-funded project seeks to create artificial human genomes. Technology Networks explored the ...

Researchers in the UK have devised a very clever method using genetically modified E. coli to convert PET plastic waste into ...

DNA makes RNA, RNA makes protein, protein makes phenotype—was the guiding framework for understanding inheritance and disease ...

A large-scale bibliometric analysis maps global research on hydrogels as next-generation drug delivery systems for cancer ...

No longer a mere assistant who carries out the commands of DNA, RNA takes the lead in emerging therapeutics.

Professor Levin directs both the Allen Discovery Center and the Center for Regenerative and Developmental Biology at Tufts University in Massachusetts. His lab is unusual for the field of biology, a ...

It’s a rainy summer day at Gamble Creek Farms, and Ed Chiles wants to talk about soil. Chiles, the son of former Gov. Lawton Chiles, is one of Manatee County’s most notable restaurateurs. He opened ...

Imagine the magnificent glaciers of Greenland, the eternal snow of the Tibetan high mountains, and the permanently ice-cold ...

In April of that year, patients started appearing at hospitals in the industrial city of Sverdlovsk, now known as ...