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The goal of creating synthetic cells is not to replace nature, but to learn more deeply about biology and reengineer it to ...

In an interview, synthetic biologist Peter Carr explains research on synthetic cells, their potential benefits and hazards, ...

Plants constantly juggle oxygen inside their cells, but scientists have now discovered a surprising twist in how that balance works. Researchers at the University of Helsinki found that ...

Casgevy sickle cell gene therapy is now FDA-approved for children as young as two, opening access for 5,500 more U.S. kids.

Getting it over the finish line was a labor of love—and now, more than five years after her death, the lab of former Sloan ...

Claude Science, Anthropic’s new AI research workbench, launched in beta July 1 for all paid subscribers — no enterprise vetting required. The platform uses multi-agent orchestration across 60-plus ...

Orca Bio, a commercial-stage biotechnology company committed to transforming the lives of patients through high-precision cell therapy, today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has ...

Scientists have developed a promising new approach to treating Alzheimer’s disease by turning ordinary brain cells into powerful plaque-clearing machines. Instead of requiring frequent antibody ...

A California gene-therapy pioneer has filed for bankruptcy. Eli Lilly and Astellas have already lined up bids to buy pieces ...