Researchers Take Step Toward Synthetic Life
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Researchers say they have created the entire genome of a bacterium by stitching together its chemical components.
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Scientists have created a synthetic drug which could offer new hope in the fight against malaria. Nearly two billion people live in areas affected by malaria.
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Evolutionary experiments on microbes are under way in many laboratories and scientists can observer bacteria adapt over 40,000 generations of living in a beaker.
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U.S. chemists have identified the mechanism involved in biological catalysts called enzymes -- a finding that may improve synthetic catalyst design.
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Regulators have given scientists the green light to create human-animal embryos for research.
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Rat cells grown onto microscopic silicon chips worked as tiny robots, perhaps a first step toward a self-assembling device, researchers working in the United States reported on Sunday.
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Researchers say they have created a "virtual" model of all the biochemical reactions that occur in human cells.
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Quorum sensing, which determines when bacteria communicate to one another, has captured the interest of a new generation of scientific researchers.
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A team of Irish scientists develops a strain of bacteria that can convert a toxic byproduct of the Styrofoam manufacturing process into biodegradable plastic. By Rowan Hooper.
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Scientists create a synthetic molecule called PAC-1 which can prompt cancer cells to self-destruct.
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Scientists have created a synthetic drug  which could offer new hope in the fight against malaria.
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It's another step in the quest to create artificial organisms: Scientists have synthesized the complete DNA of a type of bacteria. The experiment, published online Thursday by the journal Science, isn't a living germ, just its genetic structure.
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For a science that's about manipulating substances at the molecular level, nanotechnology is starting to bring big profits to many consumer product makers.
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Coming soon to a jungle near you --  mosquitoes genetically engineered so they cannot give people  malaria. But this time scientists want to do it right.
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Researchers have made a biochip that could help replace animal testing for new cosmetics and pharmaceuticals.
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Researchers have transformed one bacterial species into another by swapping their genomes, a move that will accelerate the race to develop custom-built synthetic bugs, a pioneer on genetics has said.
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New methods to reprogram adult cells could create novel models of disease.