Bill Gates's comments on genetics as "code" have reignited debate over genetic engineering, intellectual property, and the ...

Some conservation groups are calling for an effective ban on genetic modification, but others say these technologies are ...

From CRISPR to gene banking, synthetic biology has big implications for wildlife evolution and conservation, but ethical ...

Over the past two decades, synthetic biology has fueled advancements across a broad range of disciplines, including agriculture, bioremediation, biofuel production, and chemical manufacturing. Today, ...

We are now in the second great wave of the genetic revolution, not defined by reading the human code of life, but by rewriting it.

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Seven years after the first gene-edited babies were revealed, biotech startup Manhattan Genomics is reviving the idea of ...

As we enter entrepreneurship month this November, we’re celebrating the professors and alumni who are fueling job creation ...

Advances in cancer immunotherapy from immune checkpoint modulation to adoptive cell transfer of tumour-infiltrating ...

But more broadly, the technology could revolutionize many ... editing system CRISPR to revolutionize treatments for genetic ...

diSArm clinical trial is that our phages injected intravenously can home in to the site of infection, penetrate biofilms, infect, and lyse S. aureus. Many deaths post flu, and most likely also ...

Some of the most expensive drugs currently in use are gene therapies to treat specific diseases, and their high cost limits ...