Tag: Synthetic Biology

Expanding the Genetic Code with Quadruplet Codons

October 4, 2021
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La Jolla, CA — One of modern biologists’ most ambitious goals is to learn how to expand or otherwise modify the genetic code of life on Earth, in order to make new, artificial life forms. Part of the...

Synthetic Biology Enables Microbes to Build Muscle

September 3, 2021
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St. Louis, MO — Would you wear clothing made of muscle fibers? Use them to tie your shoes or even wear them as a belt? It may sound a bit odd, but if those fibers could endure more energy before breaking...

Keeping Bacteria Under Lock and Key

July 8, 2021
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Newark, DE — Scientists and engineers are constantly looking for ways to better our world. Synthetic biology is an emerging field with promise for improving our ability to manufacture chemicals,...

Machine Learning Takes on Synthetic Biology: Algorithms can Bioengineer Cells for You

September 28, 2020
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Berkeley, CA — If you’ve eaten vegan burgers that taste like meat or used synthetic collagen in your beauty routine – both products that are “grown” in the lab – then...

Cell-Free Synthetic Biology Comes of Age

December 3, 2019
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Evanston, IL — If you ask Northwestern Engineering’s Michael Jewett, the potential of cell-free gene expression has always made sense. Rip off the wall of the cell, collect its insides, and teach...

Synthetic Biology Used to Target Cancer Cells While Sparing Healthy Tissue

May 3, 2019
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Stanford, CA — Synthetic proteins engineered to recognize overly active biological pathways can kill cancer cells while sparing their healthy peers, according to a study by researchers at the Stanford...

Artificial Cells are Tiny Bacteria Fighters

September 5, 2018
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Davis, CA — “Lego block” artificial cells that can kill bacteria have been created by researchers at the University of California, Davis Department of Biomedical Engineering. The work is...

Study Shows Biomaterial Particles Educate Immune System to Accept Transplanted Islets

June 6, 2018
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Atlanta, GA — By instructing key immune system cells to accept transplanted insulin-producing islets, researchers have opened a potentially new pathway for treating type 1 diabetes. If the approach...

Researchers Create First Artificial Human Prion

June 5, 2018
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Cleveland, OH — Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine researchers have synthesized the first artificial human prion, a dramatic development in efforts to combat a devastating form of brain...

3D-Printing of Human Corneas Reported

May 30, 2018
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Newcastle upon Tyne, UK — The first human corneas have been 3D printed by scientists at Newcastle University, UK.

Researchers Create Advanced Brain Organoid to Model Strokes, Screen Drugs

May 30, 2018
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Winston-Salem, NC — Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) scientists have developed a 3-D brain organoid that could have potential applications in drug discovery and disease model...

Researchers Build Artificial Cellular Compartments as Molecular Workshops

May 23, 2018
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Munich, Germany — How to install new capabilities in cells without interfering with their metabolic processes? A team from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the Helmholtz Zentrum München...

Team Reports Development in Synthetic Genome Rearrangement

May 23, 2018
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Tianjin, China — A synthetic biology team at Tianjin University (TJU) has reported new methods and strategies for genome rearrangement and accelerated the evolution of yeast strains with their three...

Scientists Re-Create Brain Neurons to Study Obesity and Personalize Treatment

April 20, 2018
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Los Angeles, CA — Scientists have re-created brain neurons of obese patients using “disease in a dish” technology, offering a new method to study the brain’s role in obesity and possibly...

New ‘NanoZymes’ Use Light to Kill Bacteria

April 4, 2018
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Melbourne, VIC, Australia — Researchers from RMIT University have developed a new artificial enzyme that uses light to kill bacteria.

Modified Biomaterials Self-Assemble On Temperature Cues

March 21, 2018
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Durham, NC — Biomedical engineers from Duke University have demonstrated a new approach to making self-assembled biomaterials that relies on protein modifications and temperature.

3D-Written Model to Provide Better Understanding of Cancer Spread

March 5, 2018
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West Lafayette, IN — Researcher has helped create a lifelike cancer environment out of polymer to better predict how drugs might stop its course.

Method to Test Fluorescent Biosensors Before They are Synthesized Developed

January 25, 2018
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Houston, TX — Rice University scientists have effectively quenched a debate over the mechanism behind a fluorescent biosensor that monitors neurons by sensing changes in voltage.

Synthetic Peptides Integrate Seamlessly With Host Tissue in New Study

January 24, 2018
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Camperdown, NSW, Australia — A discovery by University of Sydney researchers could underpin a new class of implantable devices that provide biological signals to surrounding tissue for better integration...

Protein Designed Entirely From Scratch Functions in Cells as a Genuine Enzyme, Says Study

January 19, 2018
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Princeton, NJ — A dawning field of research, artificial biology, is working toward creating a genuinely new organism. At Princeton, chemistry professor Michael Hecht and the researchers in his lab are...

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