As we stand on the precipice of a scientific revolution, researchers are pushing the boundaries of biology by developing ...

Douglas Blackiston, a developmental biologist at Tufts University, has always been fascinated by transformation. Using uncommon model organisms, from caterpillars and butterflies to tadpoles and frogs ...

It's a technology that doesn't even exist yet, but its effects could be so drastically destructive that scientists in the field are calling for it to be banned now, before it's too late. We're talking ...

Scientists have already created designer viruses in a lab that can kill dangerous bacteria. The next step is designing and ...

Chloroplasts—the "light power plants" of plant cells—are increasingly the focus of synthetic biology. These organelles house ...

The International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources Members’ Assembly rejected a moratorium on the release of genetically modified organisms in the wild. Proponents of the use of ...

Stay up to date on the latest science with Brush Up Summaries. Scientists first aim to design genomes with minimal changes compared to the wild type to minimize the risk of failure. “The native ...

The combination of AI and synthetic biology could lead to the creation of novel organisms with unintended and potentially harmful consequences. The democratization of genetic engineering through ...

DARPA’s new Biological Technologies Office, which was created this earlier this year, has continued to integrate biological research into national security objectives. Other programs under the office ...

Nili Ostrov has always been passionate about finding ways to use biology for practical purposes. So perhaps it wasn’t surprising that, when the COVID-19 pandemic hit during her postdoctoral studies, ...