UK joins project to create synthetic organism from scratch
International team will synthesise genome of brewer's yeast with a view to creating strains that make biofuel, vaccines and drugs Britain's latest bid to embrace...
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First Full Genome Sequencing for Autism Released
A collaborative formed by Autism Speaks, the world’s leading autism science and advocacy organization, has found full genome sequencing examining the entire DNA code of...
New tissue engineering breakthrough encourages nerve repair
A new combination of tissue engineering techniques could reduce the need for nerve grafts, according to new research by The Open University. Regeneration of nerves...
Bioengineering fungi for biofuels and chemicals production
Among the increasingly valuable roles fungi are playing in the biotechnology industry is their ability to produce enzymes capable of releasing sugars from plants, trees,...
Stem Cell Transplants Clear HIV in Two Patients in Study
Two men with HIV have been off AIDS drugs for several months after receiving stem-cell transplants for cancer that appear to have cleared the virus...
Breakthrough could lead to “artificial skin”
Using tiny gold particles and a kind of resin, a team of scientists at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology has discovered how to make a...
Peering into the Protein Pathways of a Cell
As a cell’s central power plant, the mitochondrion is a busy place. Specially-coded proteins from the nucleus are constantly being ferried across the mitochondrion’s inner...