Genetic Engineering

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Display systems are everywhere, but this latest innovation oushes the limits of biology, technology, and…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Imagine being able to wipe out deadly viruses by using themselves against themselves … that’s…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF We are getting closer to being able to create organisms that are 100% synthetic DNA…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF At first the genetically engineered chickens were resistant to bird flu, but then the researchers…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Not everything man made is better than what nature can create, although increasingly using synthetic…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Our mastery of synthetic biology is improving so much that this weird breakthrough is now…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF People are looking at ways to use nature to help clean the environment, and air…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Biology is programmable, and we’re learning how to program it to our advantage to kill…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Xenotransplantation relies on organs from other species that can be transplanted into humans to be…

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF Synthetic bacteria aren’t natural, and now scientists are starting to give them new abilities.  …

WHY THIS MATTERS IN BRIEF We’re becoming increasingly adept at coding life and created new kinds of DNA, and that’s…