The convergence of AI and biotechnology blurs boundaries and challenges existing regulations designed to consider technologies separately.
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By identifying the genes and molecules crucial to resistance in American chestnuts and other species, researchers hope to use genomic techniques to breed trees that can flourish in the face of blight.
Today, cloning is not a technology that can simply “copy and paste” living things. But it’s brought advances in several fields of science.
Advances in genetic engineering have enabled researchers to seek ways to program new life. But has synthetic biology actually changed medicine and the environment, nearly two decades on?
Researchers have found that even people with limited experience in biology can use AI to help them create a dangerous pathogen.
Genetically transmitted eye diseases affect around 1 in 2,000 people.
Several years worth of findings from a floating laboratory have tapped into a well-stocked coral library of taxonomic, genetic and chemical diversity, previously unknown to Science and Medicine.
The rise of AI and synthetic biology has made deadly diseases look like a ‘low-risk, high-reward’ option for would-be terrorists.
Can gene editing truly support smallholder farmers and help Indonesia achieve food sovereignty, or will it simply revive the old controversies surrounding GMO crops?
Engineering microbes to soak up more carbon, boost crop yields and restore former farmland is appealing. But synthetic biology fixes must be done thoughtfully
‘Placental organoids’ may help research into the early stages of pregnancy and life-threatening conditions like preeclampsia.
Considering how easily bird flu swept through chicken farms, it’s clear that domestication has downsides. Lessons from the past paired with modern genomic technology can help with farming insects.
Biotech startup Haemanthus says it can detect illnesses with tiny amounts of blood, urine and saliva. Here’s why that’s more difficult than it sounds.
A man spent 18 years injecting himself with venom, almost dying more than once – and now his blood is behind a new snakebite treatment.
Research results demonstrate the potential of GM cowpea to enhance yields and profitability for resource-poor farmers.
“De-extinction” research is a poor alternative to helping ‘pre-extinction’ animals still alive today.
There are some simple steps customers of 23andMe can take to protect their highly personal genetic data.
AI has learned the ins and outs of proteins. Gene editing gives scientists control of life’s molecular machinery. Together they could lead to a revolution in biotechnology.
Research found Big Pharma companies with global reach more likely to abide by environmental standards.
What if plants in the area surrounding a nuclear reactor could act as radiation detectors, with the help of a drone?
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Associate Professor and ARC Future Fellow, The University of Western Australia
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President, Royal Society of New South Wales
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Assistant Professor of Philosophy, UMass Lowell
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Laureate Professor Emeritus, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
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Professor of Microbiology, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso
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Doctoral Student in Biochemistry, University of Washington
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Ph.D. Student in Bioengineering, Researcher at the Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering, University of Washington
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Professor - Emerging Technologies (Stem Cells) at The University of Melbourne and Group Leader - Stem Cell Ethics & Policy at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor in Biophysics, University of Pretoria
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Professor of Advanced Technology Transitions, Arizona State University
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Senior scientist in plant biotech, Queensland University of Technology
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Ph.D. Candidate, Duke University Program in Ecology, Duke University
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Associate Professor of Public Policy and Women's Studies, University of Michigan
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Professor, Abell Chair in Synthetic Biology, Colorado State University
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Senior lecturer, University of Twente