Fishing for DNA: How a cup of river water can reveal secrets about human health, pollution and biodiversity

The DNA in a single cup of water can track wildlife, monitor pollution and survey pathogens in waterways and their ...

Air pollution may alter how sperm genes function, major fertility study finds

New research presented at the 42nd Annual Meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) ...

First synthetic protein motor moves along DNA in controlled, programmable steps

Researchers from UNSW Sydney have built the first artificial protein motor capable of taking controlled, directional steps ...
News-Medical.Net

New method helps scientists better understand DNA organization

Researchers from the Cancer Science Institute of Singapore (CSI Singapore) at NUS have developed a new method that allows ...
Tech Times

Synthetic Cell Built From Scratch Completes Full Life Cycle, Smashes Genome Floor

Synthetic cell SpudCell, the first built from non-living components by University of Minnesota synthetic biologists Kate ...

First-ever synthetic cell grows, divides, replicates and could revolutionize biology

A tiny bubble of lipids, enzymes and DNA has done something biologists have chased for years: it carried out a full cycle of ...

‘Beautiful blobs’: synthetic life a step closer as scientists make cells using lab-made DNA

Tiny, quivering spheres designed to feed and multiply raise prospect of artificial organisms to make drugs, food and fuel ...
Quanta Magazine

For the First Time, a Cell Built From Scratch Grows and Divides

Scientists built a synthetic cell that combines more lifelike properties than ever before — proof of concept that it’s possible to bring nonliving materials to life, or something close to it, in the ...