Md. Scientists Build Bacterial Chromosome
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Scientists in Maryland yesterday said they had built from scratch an entire microbial chromosome, a loop of synthetic DNA carrying all the instructions that a simple cell needs to live and reproduce.
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A close-up view of the human genome reveals its innermost workings to be far more complex than first thought.
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A $156 million grant for DNA sequencing at the Washington University School of Medicine is part of an effort to unlock the mystery of the origins of cancer within the body, university officials said Monday.
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The first synthetic genome is pieced together by scientists, the next-to-last step in creating man-made life.
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BALTIMORE -- National researchers claim Maryland has made some progress but more needs to be done when it comes to preparing for a bioterror attack.
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U.S. researchers have developed a technique that allows them to glimpse interactions between molecules on the surface of a cell.
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Scientists identify a gene fault linked the development of lung cancers.
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A drug-resistant strain of potentially deadly bacteria has moved beyond the borders of U.S. hospitals and is being transmitted among gay men during sex, researchers said on Monday.
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Researchers get a new tool to determine protein structures.
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Business and education leaders in Northern Virginia are working hard to lure biotechnology companies. But for a daunting reminder of how far they need to go, all they have to do is look at neighboring Maryland. -The Washington Post
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Scientists say they have made a major step toward creating synthetic forms of life.
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Croatian scientists have worked out how a radiation-resistant bacterium that can exist in extreme conditions repairs damage to itself, a discovery which could provide clues about diseases such as cancer.
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Science & environment: Discovery suggests that simple bacteria and animals might swap entire genes more often than previously thought.
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The experiment is part of an explosion in the new field of synthetic biology.
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[Health India]: Washington, Oct 9 (ANI) : Emory University chemists have suceeded in harnessing the ability of bacteria to make new molecules, which could eventually lead to the creation of naturally decaffeinated coffee plants and produe theophylline , a
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Meet five people whose breakthroughs make the progress of science real. Chosen from hundreds of applicants to Apple&#146;s Bioinformatics Award Program, they are shaping our health and our world through their research in biotechnology &#151; and the help of Apple&#146;s Workgroup Cluster for Bioinformatics. [Sep 2]
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An automated-screening initiative funded by the National Institutes of Health could finally provide the tools researchers need to turn knowledge of the genome into new drugs.