Can Better Biotech Finally Replace Lab Animals?
Replacing research animals with tools that better mimic human biology could improve medicine.
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How to Grow Rhinos in a Lab: the Science That Could Save an Endangered Species
Efforts to save one species can provide scientific knowledge that enables us to save other creatures in need.
Governance of AI in Bio: Harnessing the Benefits While Reducing the Risks
To develop an overarching framework that includes addressing bio-related risks, Congress, federal agencies, and non-governmental AI stakeholders must work together.
How Do Plants with Seedless Fruit Reproduce?
Plants are capable of producing seedless fruit through a process called parthenocarpy, and humans have long leveraged it in agriculture.
Human Embryo Science: Can the World's Regulators Keep Pace?
Concerned by the speed of research, policymakers are looking for alternative ways to establish rules on genome editing and other technologies.
New Global Body Aims to Improve Biosecurity and Biosafety
New Global Body Aims to Improve Biosecurity and Biosafety
A new global organisation is trying to prevent dramatic advances in bioscience from unleashing engineered pathogens from the lab, and wants research funders, scientists and journals to help. The International Biosecurity and Biosafety Initiative for Science (IBBIS) warns that scientists might be able to order the DNA of dangerous pathogens like smallpox from unregulated companies, and wants much tighter screening of the industry.
Bioelectronics Device Aims to Reduce Pain After Surgery
A device successfully and reversibly blocked pain signals without side effects.
What Scientists Say About Elizabeth Holmes Guilty Verdict
Theranos case highlights the importance of peer review for biotech entrepreneurs, scientists say.
Monkey-brain Study with Link to China's Military Roils Top European University
Monkey-brain Study with Link to China's Military Roils Top European University
A professor at the University of Copenhagen conducted genetic research with the Chinese military without disclosing the connection. This ist the latest example of how China's pursuit of military-civilian technology is tapping into Western academia in the strategically sensitive area of biotechnology.
Yes, DeepMind Crunches the Numbers - but is It Really a Magic Bullet?
Yes, DeepMind Crunches the Numbers - but is It Really a Magic Bullet?
The machine learning outfit's foray into pharmaceuticals could be very useful, but its grand claims should be taken with a pinch of salt.
New Rules Will Make UK Gene-edited Crop Research Easier
The government's decision to ease requirements will lower the cost of field trials, but does not yet address the path to market.
The Story of MRNA: From a Loose Idea to a Tool That May Help Curb Covid
The Story of MRNA: From a Loose Idea to a Tool That May Help Curb Covid
The Story of MRNA: From a Loose Idea to a Tool That May Help Curb Covid
The Story of MRNA: From a Loose Idea to a Tool That May Help Curb Covid
Scientists have dreamed about the possibilities of custom-made messenger RNA. The pandemic may turn those possibilities into realilty.
India takes to homegrown tech to fight COVID-19
When India’s 1.3 billion people come out of a 40-day lockdown on 3 May, imposed to contain the spread of COVID-19, they can hope that a battery of technologies that the government is readying to deploy against the contagious virus could offer them some protection.
A DNA-of-things Storage Architecture to Create Materials with Embedded Memory
A DNA-of-things Storage Architecture to Create Materials with Embedded Memory
A DNA-based method for embedding data in materials enables the conversion of everyday objects into data storage devices.
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