Research Articles
Building Bugs: The Scientists Programming Life Like Computers
How synthetic biology is turning cells into tiny, living factories through genetic engineering and programming.
Molecular Architects: Redesigning DNA's Alphabet to Build the Future
Explore how scientists are creating new nucleotides and teaching nature's machinery to use them, focusing on 5′-Amino-2′,5′-Dideoxy-5′-N-Triphosphate Nucleotides.
Synthetic Life Breakthrough: The World's First Self-Replicating Bacteria with a Lab-Made Genome
Scientists create the first self-replicating bacterium controlled entirely by a synthetic genome, marking a major milestone in synthetic biology.
Unlocking Biology's New Alphabet: Engineering Supercharged Bacteria to Build Proteins Beyond Nature's Limits
Discover how genomically recoded E. coli strains are revolutionizing protein production with non-canonical amino acids, enabling novel therapeutics and biomaterials.