A team has compiled a roadmap for the future of synthetic or engineering biology, based on the input of 80 leaders in the field from more than 30 institutions. The report provides a strong case that ...

From advances in genome editing with CRISPR to new robotic designs that take inspiration from the animal kingdom, innovations at the interface of engineering and biology have transformed modern life ...

Genetically engineered trees that provide fire-resistant lumber for homes. Modified organs that won’t be rejected. Synthetic microbes that monitor your gut to detect invading disease organisms and ...

Genome engineering is advancing at lightning speed, but we want it to move even faster. Investment capital is surging into platform technologies now that the pharmaceutical industry has seen how ...

Synthego is making a big splash in the world of genome engineering. The company aims to give scientists everywhere access to the gene editing technology, CRISPR. This relatively new molecular tool ...

More partnerships between industry, academia and government are key to a thriving engineering sector. By Ian Shott The world we find ourselves in today is unrecognisable from how it was six months ago ...

an engineered receptor can potently regulate that circuit, effectively modulating cellular output behavior,” Bojar elaborated. “On the other hand, this engineered pre-existing circuit may function ...

Advocates claim that synthetic biology and the so-called New Breeding Techniques (NBTs) are distinct from genetic engineering (GE), write Helena Paul, Elisabeth Bücking & Ricarda Steinbrecher. In fact ...