For millennia, humans have been chopping down trees and harvesting plants. Lab-grown plant material might change that.

Adeno-associated viruses have become popular vectors for the delivery of gene therapies. | The adeno-associated viruses often used as vectors to deliver gene therapy can trigger unwanted and someti...

Biological molecules will last a lot longer than the latest computer storage technology, Catalog believes.

These two infectious disease experts at Texas Children's Hospital worked fast to create an effective COVID-19 vaccine, get it manufactured, and then give it away to the world, patent-free.

An enzyme could make a dream come true for the energy industry: It can efficiently produce hydrogen using electricity and can also generate electricity from hydrogen. The enzyme is protected by...

Adidas is working on several sustainability initiatives, including developing this new material, which will be made from mycelium, part of a fungus.

Researchers from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have achieved unprecedented success in modifying a microbe to efficiently produce a compound of interest using a computational...

Northwestern University synthetic biologists have developed a low-cost, easy-to-use, hand-held device that can let users know—within mere minutes—if their water is safe to drink.

From obscure acronyms to unnecessary jargon, research papers are increasingly impenetrable – even for scientists.

The "virus-like particle" produced by the Canadian company Medicago is the only vaccine in clinical trials made in plants

Researchers at MIT have developed a new method for growing plant tissues in a lab -- sort of like how companies and researchers are approaching lab-grown

New, reversible CRISPR method can control gene expression while leaving underlying DNA sequence unchanged

USC researchers harness the power of living organisms to make materials that are strong, tolerant and resilient.

Pulling CO₂ out of the atmosphere using life is slow. But we could make it faster.

/PRNewswire/ -- A Fresh Look, a nonprofit coalition of over 1,600 farmers committed to demystifying GMO farming, launched a new line of chocolate bars today...

Biotech companies are turning to biology for solutions to make all aspects of our lives more sustainable for the environment.

Bacteria, fungus and enzymes can all digest plastic, but can they work at a useful commercial scale?

Discovery promises to aid production of protein-based drugs, vaccines, other biomaterials

A recent study led by bioengineers at the University of Bristol shows how to simultaneously harnessing gene expression at the levels of both RNA and protein synthesis in living cells can more...

MIT spinoff Cambridge Crops aims to use silk as its core ingredient to develop products that extend the shelf life of all sorts of perishable foods. The startup is led by MIT Associate Professor...

SwiftScale Biologics’ cell-free protein development and manufacturing platform can shorten timelines for new antibody treatments, including those meant to curb COVID-19.

A manufacturing platform developed by a team including Michael Jewett uses freeze-dried components and rehydrated with water to make sure the treatments don’t go to waste.

Barely a week after striking a $2.5 billion special purpose acquisition company deal to go public, Ginkgo Bioworks is going international. | Barely a week after striking a $2.5 billion SPAC deal to...

Capability could accelerate the development of new treatments for diseases

This online puzzle game illustrates the power of citizen science.

The natural world is a treasure trove of potentially useful enzymes, hidden in microorganisms living all around us. But finding them is tricky. A team of researchers at NTNU have developed a new...

Synthetic switches and other devices can turn cells into programmable platforms for generating bioactive compounds, managing microbiomes, and enabling apps that exemplify precision medicine.

The story of Ginkgo Bioworks shows the challenges and progress in the emerging field of synthetic biology.

Engineering Biology is an open access journal covering the application of engineering science and practice to the design of biological devices and systems.

A research team at Uppsala University has resurrected several-billion-year-old enzymes and reprogrammed them to catalyze completely different chemical reactions than their modern versions can manage....

Synthetic biology researchers at Northwestern University say they have developed a system that can rapidly create cell-free ribosomes in a test tube, then select the ribosome that can perform a...

A UK start-up is converting an industrial greenhouse gas into protein that can be fed to livestock, reducing the need for resource-sapping traditional animal feeds.

GEN’s first-ever A-List for synthetic biology ranks the five largest public companies by their 2020 revenues, and the five largest private companies by the total capital they have raised.

Sensors produce a fluorescent light when an infected person breathes, coughs, or sneezes into the mask.

There's a lot of interest right now in how different microbiomes—like the one made up of all the bacteria in our guts—could be harnessed to boost human health and cure disease. But Daniel Segrè has...