‘Zombie cells’ return from the dead — after a genome transplant
These Mycoplasma capricolum bacterial cells have absorbed a genome engineered from a closely related bacterium, Mycoplasma mycoides.Credit: Thomas…
Plastic bottles recycled into Parkinson’s drug using bacteria
University of Edinburgh researchers have used bacteria to turn plastic waste into a Parkinson’s drug, advancing a new…
Resurrected ancient enzyme reveals early life processes and astrobiological biosignatures
By resurrecting a 3.2-billion-year-old enzyme and studying it inside living microbes, researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have…
Genetic controllers for enhancing the evolutionary longevity of synthetic gene circuits in bacteria
Modelling and quantifying gene circuit evolution We develop an ordinary differential equation model of host-circuit interactions31,33 and augment…
The Future of Neonatal Probiotic Therapies
IntroductionTraditional approaches to supporting neonatal gut healthThe rise of modern neonatal probioticsIntegrating genomic tools into probiotic designChallenges and…
Cells found to lock genes at many steady points, not just two
MIT engineers have challenged a core idea in biology by showing that epigenetic memory is not simply binary.…
A futuristic world: Top scientists working on turning bacteria into powerful computers! |
For decades now, our lives have been centered around computers built with silicon chips, wires, and metal circuits.…