Gates foundation to promote synthetic biology
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com December 13, 2004, 12:16 PM PT. The emerging field of synthetic biology--creating organisms in the lab that act like those found in nature--received a big boost Monday in the
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Researchers have made a biochip that could help replace animal testing for new cosmetics and pharmaceuticals.
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The experiment is part of an explosion in the new field of synthetic biology.
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I.BM plans today to announce a project to harness untapped computing power from millions of personal computers to help unlock the genetic mysteries of illnesses like AIDS, Alzheimer&#39;s disease, malaria and cancer.
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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 race to create life from scratch is underway. But how close are scientists to making a synthetic organism?
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Bill and Melinda Gates, whose foundation has contributed nearly $2 billion to fight AIDS, said Sunday that the search for HIV prevention drugs could be the "next big breakthrough" in combating the disease.
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Scientists develop a synthetic version of a herb-based drug to treat malaria.
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SAN FRANCISCO Bill Gates is making a 42 (m) million dollar donation that he hopes will change how malaria is treated around the world.
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SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Feb. 1  /PRNewswire/ -- Catalyst Biosciences, Inc., a biotechnology company focused on engineering and developing novel therapeutic protease products, today appointed Erik Wiberg as the company's Chief Financial Officer. Mr.
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The government's chief scientific advisor launches a code of ethics which he hopes will spread to labs worldwide.
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Microsoft Corp. chairman Bill Gates contributed $400,000 to the campaign backing a California ballot measure that would make billions of dollars available for human embryonic
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Scientists use cloning to create personalized stem cell lines in monkeys.
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WASHINGTON -- Biotechnology lobbyists attempting to slow the development of cheap generic versions of the world's most expensive drugs have been emphasizing questions about their safety in an effort to win support among the new Democratic leaders of Congress.
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New methods to reprogram adult cells could create novel models of disease.
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Scientists say they have found a safer way of controlling genes to treat disease.
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Scientists have taken a first step toward making synthetic life by transferring genetic material from one bacterium into another, transforming the second microbe into a copy of the first.