Engineered E. coli keeps two plasmids alive without antibiotics or resistance genes
Researchers engineered E. coli strains that select and maintain two plasmids without antibiotics by making growth depend on plasmid-borne copies ...
Tag: synthetic biology
Living Solar Panels: Microbes and Light Join Forces to Generate Clean Electricity
A new review details how solar-assisted microbial fuel cells and hybrid bio-solar systems combine light-driven chemistry with electroactive bacteria to ...
Plant immune switches offer new blueprint for engineered disease resistance
A sweeping review maps the transcriptional, post-transcriptional, translational and post-translational switches that could let scientists program broad-spectrum disease resistance into ...
Genetic Switch Lets CAR-T Cells Turn Themselves On and Off Inside Tumours
Scientists at the Italian Institute of Technology in Naples have engineered CAR-T cells with a synthetic genetic switch that activates ...
A Few Random Mutations Turn Simple RNA Droplets into Moving, Cargo-Carrying Synthetic Cells
Researchers at Heidelberg University showed that a mutation rate of around three percent transforms simple RNA droplets into cell-like structures ...
Single Genetic Switch Drives Gene Expression in Both Bacteria and Yeast
KAIST researchers have engineered a hybrid promoter that preserves its relative strength ranking across E. coli and yeast, enabling the ...
Cells and Materials Are Learning to Compute: The Rise of Engineered Biocomputability
A new Nature Chemical Engineering review maps how synthetic biology and stimuli-responsive materials are converging to embed Boolean logic and ...
Four Proteins, One Machine: Scientists Decode How Bacterial R-Bodies Assemble and Snap Open
Researchers at Institute of Science Tokyo have revealed how four proteins cooperate through a regulated assembly pathway to build pH-responsive, ...
Engineered Bacterial Promoters Supercharge Gene Expression in Lactococcus cremoris
Researchers have identified and engineered a set of exceptionally strong constitutive promoters from Lactococcus cremoris, expanding the genetic toolbox for ...
DNA Typewriter Records the Family Tree of Every Cell in a Developing Mouse Embryo
Scientists used a redesigned DNA Typewriter inserted into a fertilized mouse egg to record the lineage history of 1.3 million ...
Shotgun genetic engineering screens millions of metabolic pathways in mammalian cells
Researchers have developed shotgun genetic engineering, a method that screens millions of randomly assembled metabolic pathways in mammalian cells and ...
DNA Instructions Turn Passive Microtubule Sheets Into Self-Morphing Active Matter
Researchers have embedded cell-free gene expression inside a microtubule network to create an active material whose flows, buckling, oscillations and ...
Engineered E. coli strains keep fragile nitro compounds alive for green chemistry
Researchers have engineered E. coli strains carrying up to 15 nitroreductase gene deletions that retain and biosynthesize diverse nitroaromatic compounds, ...
Engineered Macrophages Emerge as a New Frontier in Cell Therapy for Solid Tumors
A new review details how chimeric antigen receptor-engineered macrophages are overcoming the barriers that stalled CAR-T therapy in solid tumors, ...
Shotgun genetic engineering lets mammalian cells stumble onto new metabolic pathways
A Nature Biotechnology commentary highlights how shotgun genetic engineering, which tests vast random combinations of genes in mammalian cells, enabled ...
Shotgun genetic engineering lets mammalian cells test millions of designs at once
Researchers have developed shotgun genetic engineering, a multiplexed strategy that screens millions of combinatorial genetic designs in mammalian cells within ...
Detectrons Turn Fleeting RNA Signals into Lasting DNA Barcodes Inside Living Cells
Researchers have engineered Detectrons, toehold-switch biosensors coupled to retron reverse transcription, that convert specific RNA sequences inside living cells into ...
Rewrite Construction of complex and diverse DNA sequences using DNA three-way junctions as a headline for a science magazine post, using no more than 7 words
Sidewinder can also assemble defined diversities across a large number of positions along the entire length of a DNA sequence ...
Creating Synthetic Protein-Binding DNA Systems in Cells
In a groundbreaking development that could redefine the future of synthetic biology, researchers have unveiled an innovative approach to engineering ...
Transient pH Triggers Vacuole Formation in Condensates
In a significant breakthrough in the field of chemical engineering and biomolecular condensates, researchers have uncovered the critical role of ...
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