Biologically Inspired Engineering, synbio, synthetic biology, crispr
Synthetic biology is an emerging field of science, biology and engineering that defies a simple definition. It is a field of science that involves redesigning organisms for useful purposes by engineering them to have new abilities. Synthetic biology researchers and companies around the world are harnessing the power of nature to solve problems in medicine, … Read more
The rapid advances over the past few decades in biotechnologies involving somatic cells and gene therapy offer a great potential in regenerative medicine and for the treatment of genetic defects. These advances require an understanding of scientific principles as well as ethical and societal implications before these technologies can be clinically applicable. Somatic Nuclear Transfer … Read more
Last year, leaders from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) wrote about America’s leadership in the area of synthetic biology. Here is what they said: Scientific advances in biotechnology, such as genome editing and synthetic biology, hold enormous potential to improve human and animal health, animal welfare, and food security. And researchers and companies based … Read more
Imagine storing digital data in DNA, wearing a device that makes you smarter or creating new materials using synthetic biology by manipulating the genes of microbes. These ideas may sound like science fiction, but scientists are working on technologies that combine what they know about biology and altering it with the help of artificial intelligence. … Read more
George McDonald Church is an American-born geneticist, molecular engineer, and chemist. He is currently the Robert Winthrop Professor of Genetics at Harvard Medical School, Professor of Health Sciences and Technology at Harvard and MIT, and a founding member of the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering. As of March 2017, Church serves as a member … Read more