synthetic biology

A collaboration between VML, The Organoid Company, and Lab-Grown Leather Ltd. has produced the first handbag from material engineered using reconstructed Tyrannosaurus rex collagen sequences, but paleontologists challenge the project's scientific framing.

Researchers at the J. Craig Venter Institute transplanted synthetic genomes into chemically killed bacteria, producing 'zombie cells' that resumed normal growth and division.

Stanford bioengineers publish a reverse-translation chemistry in Nature Biotechnology that converts peptides into DNA barcodes, achieving single-molecule resolution up to 1,000 times more sensitive than mass spectrometry.