Synthetic biology promised to rewrite life – with the death of its pioneer, J Craig Venter, how close are scientists?

When scientist J. Craig Venter and his team announced in 2010 that they had created the first cell controlled by a fully ...
PBS

Life Science Biology Regents Review 2025

Regents Review is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet, Roku, Samsung Smart TV, LG TV ...
Frontiers

SynBioBeta 2026: Synthetic Biology for Space Health, Closed-Loop Life Support, and Off-World Biotechnology

This collection is part of a series of SynBioBeta 2026 Research Topics. Please see other Research Topics in the collection here:SynBioBeta 2026: ...
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Rethinking Life: Ethical, Legal, and Social Dimensions of Synthetic Genomes, Minimal Cells, and Xenobiology

Synthetic biology has entered a transformative phase in which the fundamental parameters of what constitutes life are being experimentally redefined. The ...