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Bioengineers clear major hurdle on path to 3-D printing replacement organs
Bioengineers have cleared a major hurdle on the path to 3-D printing replacement organs with a breakthrough technique for bioprinting tissues.
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How biologists are creating life-like cells from scratch
Built from the bottom up, synthetic cells and other creations are starting to come together and could soon test the boundaries of life. By Kendall Powell.
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Ten top science minds tell what strange new body part they’d like to have
Evolution is hard to control — but what if you had a magic wand? By David Freeman.
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Bio-computer powered by jellyfish DNA plays Tetris and other retro videogames
An Imperial [College London] alumus has developed a bio-pixel display that can play games such as Tetris, Snake or Pong using the protein that makes jellyfish glow. By Deborah Evanson.
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Four DNA bases good, six better
Researchers announce a fully viable bacteria created using expanded DNA repertoire. Steve Fleischfresser reports.
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How Canadian researchers reconstituted an extinct poxvirus for $100,000 using mail-order DNA
A study that brought horsepox back to life is triggering a new debate about the risks and power of synthetic biology. By Kai Kupferschmidt.
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The Field of Synthetic Biology Runs on Speculative Fiction
Scientists who are working on bioengineering techniques must realize that their work speculates a future where their breakthroughs will be embraced by society. By Jason Koebler.
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Enzymes from nine organisms combined to create new pathway to use CO2
Parts from every domain of life put together and optimized. By John Timmer.
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MIT Researchers Break Plant-Human Communication Barrier
New kinds of information might be able to be gleaned from this new channel of communication with our neighbors in the plant kingdom. By Brett Tingely.
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In Newly Created Life-Form, a Major Mystery
Scientists have created a synthetic organism that possesses only the genes it needs to survive. But they have no idea what roughly a third of those genes do. By Emily Singer.
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Scientists Grow Full-Sized, Beating Human Hearts From Stem Cells
It’s the closest we've come to growing transplantable hearts in the lab. By Alexandra Ossola. (Mar. 16)
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DNA Manufacturing Enters the Age of Mass Production
Synthetic-biology startups adopt technologies from the computer industry. By Eliza Strickland.
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Startup Says It’s the First to Make Synthetic Spider Silk
After five years of quiet work, Bolt Threads claims it has finally cracked the problem of mass-producing spider silk for everyday use.
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