synthetic biology

More than a century ago, cattle farmers were fiercely opposed to margarine. They emphasize that butter-like stuff made from vegetable oil is not butter.

Can synthetic biology save the wild world? From regenerating extinct species to the risk of transgenic species.

An approach to understanding the components of living organisms is to try to create them, using the principles of chemistry, engineering and genetics.

Scientists at a London lab are preparing plans to produce industrial DNA for biotechnology.

Antibiotic resistance is a serious problem for humanity. Before the 1970s, bacterial infections were easily treated with a single antibiotic dose.