#syntheticbiology

Vaccines for ash trees and gene-edited butterflies among UK projects to get £30m funding https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/21/gene-edited-butterflies-vaccines-ash-trees-uk-science-projects-30m-funding #Conservation #SciencePolicy #GeneEditing #Science #UkNews #SyntheticBiology #Biodiversity #AshDieback #Butterflies #Amphibians #Environment #Genetics #Wildlife #Biology #DominicCummings

Safety fears as scientists make first viruses designed by AI https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/aug/06/safety-fears-as-scientists-make-first-viruses-designed-by-ai #Science #SyntheticBiology #InfectiousDiseases #Genetics #MedicalResearch #AiArtificialIntelligence #Technology #WorldNews #Health #Biology #Microbiology #Society

An international research team has engineered "Tumbleweed," an artificial protein motor capable of taking externally controlled, directed steps along a DNA track to mimic the biological engines found inside living cells. #SyntheticBiology #Nanophysics #MolecularBiology #Biochemistry #sflorg

Scientists built a cell from scratch for the first time. It feeds, grows, replicates its DNA, and divides. Called SpudCell. 36 genes, 90K base pairs, 150-200 molecules. Not alive (can't make ribosomes, can't evolve, needs constant feeding) but it's the first complete cell cycle from entirely non-living components. https://www.quantamagazine.org/for-the-first-time-a-cell-built-from-scratch-grows-and-divides-20260701/ #syntheticbiology #science #biology

STAT+: Synthetic biology researchers think they've made a cell. Is it alive? #SyntheticBiology #LabToLife #BioEngineering #ScientificInnovation #SyntheticCell

‘Beautiful blobs’: synthetic life a step closer as scientists make cells using lab-made DNA https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jul/01/synthetic-life-lab-made-dna-spudcells-scientists #Science #Biology #SyntheticBiology #BiochemistryAndMolecularBiology #Chemistry #Genetics #UsNews #UkNews #WorldNews