Figure 1: A fluorescence light micrograph of breast cancer cell about to divide into two. Chromosomes are stained blue, while the pink dots are kinetochores. RIKEN researchers have demonstrated ...

A new technique for creating artificial DNA that is faster, more accurate and more flexible than existing methods has been developed by scientists. A new technique for creating artificial DNA that is ...

Although synthetic processes inspired by life’s chemistry are inherently messy and complex, they may yet yield to bioengineers’ attempts to impose order. For example, engineers have been reporting ...

Virginia Tech. "Study of basic cell processes may inform health, synthetic biology efforts." ScienceDaily. www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2015 / 10 / 151029134508.htm (accessed June 2, 2025).

One big challenge for the production of synthetic cells is that they must be able to divide to have offspring. In the journal Angewandte Chemie, a team from Heidelberg has now introduced a ...

In a series of posts I want to explore the interplay between basic biology, which looks at the natural world to learn about how life works, and synthetic biology, which studies what is not found in ...

Everyone who has played in a band or orchestra knows that playing in time creates music, while playing out of time creates cacophony. In an orchestra, each player may be out of tune when warming up, ...