A new university spinout company is hoping to use synthetic biology to transform gene therapy manufacture. SynGenSys, from the University of Sheffield, plans to tap into engineering design principles ...

Some conservation groups are calling for an effective ban on genetic modification, but others say these technologies are ...

Horseshoe crabs are among the oldest species on Earth. The prehistoric-looking creatures, more closely related to spiders and scorpions than crustaceans, have existed for about 450mn years. But most ...

In a giant feat of genetic engineering, scientists have created bacteria that make proteins in a radically different way than all natural species do. By Carl Zimmer At the heart of all life is a code.

Georgina Ferry is a UK science writer, biographer and author of Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin: Patterns, Proteins and Peace. She is based in Oxford, UK. The US molecular biologist Maxine Singer made ...