Synthetic biology combines principles from science, engineering and social science, creating emerging technologies such as alternative meats and mRNA vaccines; Deconstructing synthetic biology across ...

Biology — the science of life, living things and the processes that keep us all running — links up in essential ways with many other sciences, such as chemistry, physics and mathematics, which help us ...

Scientific advances over the past several decades have accelerated the ability to engineer existing organisms and to potentially create novel ones not found in nature. This report explores and ...

Drew Endy is squarely focused on the potential of redesigning organisms for useful purposes. He also acknowledges significant challenges. By Steve Lohr This article is part of our latest DealBook ...

Several round plastic containers rest on a surface, and each contains a small, striped frog. Juvenile Australian southern corroboree frogs at the University of Melbourne laboratories Credit: Tiffany ...

ANDREW HUNTER: I am director of the Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group at CSIS. And I’m going to kick us off today before handing it over to my colleague. And let me just introduce today’s event by ...

These tech titans know a good thing when they see it, and they’re investing big-time in synthetic biology. “DNA is like a computer program but far, far more advanced than any software ever created.” ...