Halifax team first to clone insect
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HALIFAX - Fruit flies, the common pests that swarm over compost bins, may hold the key to cloning mammals successfully, say Canadian scientists who&#39;ve cloned the insects.
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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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Blog: Berkeley researchers document the fast-paced recovery of tropical Hypolimnas bolina butterflies from the onslaught of a bacteria that killed only males.
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A University of Connecticut scientist may have discovered a new and efficient way to clone
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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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A leading human genome scientist says he has taken a major step towards creating life from scratch in the lab.
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A bacterium closely related to bugs that cause gangrene, tetanus and food poisoning could help to beat cancer.
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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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Synthetic biology aims to create new creatures by establishing a standardized set of DNA parts and then installing them like interchangeable electrical components in stripped-down breadboard organisms.
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The buzzing. The biting. You&#39;d think there were already enough insects in the world to drive you buggy. However, a team of researchers at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia announced yesterday that
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Tiny metallic rods have been turned into miniature "propellers" by a Canadian research team.
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British scientists are developing a robot that will generate its own power by eating flies.
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By Harry Franklin, Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Ga.  Feb. 7--A proposal for Greenville Biogenerating Co.
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Talk about identity theft: Scientists changed one species of bacteria into another by performing a complete gene swap.
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The name of the company that was considering building a major biotech manufacturing plant in Massachusetts - code-named Project Magellan by local economic development officials - has finally been revealed.
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A machine that can replicate the spin and swing of bowlers is developed at a UK university.
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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.