When scientist J. Craig Venter and his team announced in 2010 that they had created the first cell controlled by a fully synthetic genome, it marked a turning point in how scientists think about life.

Synthetic biology is an interdisciplinary field that combines principles from biology, engineering, and computer science to design and construct new biological systems or redesign existing ones. It ...

As humanity moves toward sustained presence beyond Earth, the biological sciences are emerging as a critical enabling technology for long-duration ...

Synthetic biology is a discipline that allows the design and construction of metabolic and regulatory pathways, circuits, and networks that can be controlled. It also enables the creation of new ...

Northwestern Engineering's Master of Biotechnology Program (MBP) added a minor in the fast-growing field to help address everything from food supply shortages to vaccine Northwestern University's ...

In Washington, DC, Xian-en Zhang, Director General, Basic Research Department, China Ministry of Science and Technology, stated that the People’s Republic of China is seeking to position itself as a ...

In the beginning there were genes that begat genes that begat more genes. For 4 billion years, such was the cycle of biological life on this planet: Raw materials, aided by the invisible hand of ...

In today’s rapidly evolving scientific landscape, eliminating barriers to progress is more critical than ever. Precision medicine and targeted therapies hold great promise but are dependent on the ...

The Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT) announced that the Synthetic Biology Promotion Act will take effect on the 23rd.

Bringing together engineers, physicists and molecular biologists, the field of synthetic biology uses engineering principles to model, design and build synthetic gene circuits and other molecular ...

The global synthetic biology market is projected to reach $30.7 billion by 2026 from $9.5 billion in 2021, at a compound annual growth rate of 26.5% during the forecast period, according to a report ...