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Bio-IT World August 15, 2005 Kevin Davies |
Pimp My Genome As costs plummet, the ability to rapidly synthesize and customize longer, more intricate fragments of genomic DNA opens up a plethora of applications in basic and applied biology. A commercial synthetic biology industry is beginning to take shape. |
Chemistry World July 2008 Ananyo Bhattacharya |
Sparks of creation Chemists are at the forefront of synthetic biology, the burgeoning field that could soon create artificial life. |
Wired Lucas Graves |
15th Anniversary: Scientists Chase the Miracle of Fake Life Biologist J. Craig Venter engineered a synthetic version of a real organism's entire genetic code. Here's how. |
Chemistry World May 20, 2010 Hayley Birch |
The first synthetic cell A chemically synthesised chromosome has for the first time been transplanted into a cell to produce a synthetic bacterium. |
The Motley Fool August 17, 2007 Jack Uldrich |
Of Compact Discs and Designer Bacteria It was twenty-five years ago that the first compact disc was created, with relatively little fanfare. What discoveries should we be looking at today that will change the world of tomorrow with the same impact? Will designer bacteria be one of them? |
The Motley Fool June 19, 2007 Jack Uldrich |
BP's New Design A deal with a private biotech company offers great promise. The deal helps move the energy company beyond petroleum. |
BusinessWeek August 12, 2010 Arielle Fridson |
Innovator: George Church Synthetic biologist George Church says he can create living things faster than nature can, essentially speeding up evolution. And he says he can do it cheaply. |
Chemistry World September 14, 2011 David Bradley |
Brewing up Synthetic Yeast Yeast with synthetic genomes could be very useful for medicinal chemists and drug companies. |
Wired December 2002 Douglas McGray |
Supermicrobe Man First Craig Venter cracked the human genome. Now he wants to sequence the ocean and save the world. |
BusinessWeek December 13, 2004 John Carey |
Craig Venter: DNA's Mapmaker Who could ever have imagined that a surfer working as a night clerk at Sears, Roebuck & Co. would eventually become the driving force behind the race to read the genetic code of humanity? |
Scientific American June 2006 |
How to Kill Synthetic Biology Assembling a complete genetic circuit promises to advance biotechnology in much the same way that the invention of integrated circuits transfigured electronics. |
Salon.com February 13, 2001 Arthur Allen |
Size doesn't matter As scientists unveil the human genome findings, it turns out we have a lot fewer genes than we'd thought, and not many more than a fruit fly... |
Chemistry World March 27, 2014 James Urquhart |
Synthetic yeast chromosome is fully functional The first complete and functional synthetic yeast chromosome has been created by a team of scientists based in the US. |
Chemistry World September 4, 2013 Mark Peplow |
Synthetic biology is bursting with life The field encompasses a vast array of research themes, from creating artificial life to engineering microbes to produce medicines or fuels. Through it all, though, runs a rich seam of chemistry. |
Chemistry World July 2008 Mark Peplow |
Editorial: There's plenty of room in the middle Today, chemists and biologists are looking at the space between their own disciplines and asking big questions about where science at the interface might lead them. |
Popular Mechanics June 24, 2008 Chris Ladd |
For Future of Biofuel, Secret of MPG Ooze Lies in Mutant Bacteria Scientists are looking way beyond ethanol to a new generation of power -- one that's designed on a computer, produced by bacteria and acts just like good old gasoline. |
The Motley Fool July 15, 2010 Bruce Bigelow |
ExxonMobil and Synthetic Genomics Open Greenhouse for Algae Biofuels Development Searching for sustainable alternative energy sources. |
Wired August 2004 James Shreeve |
Craig Venter's Epic Voyage to Redefine the Origin of the Species He wanted to play God, so he cracked the human genome. Now Craig Venter wants to play Darwin and collect the DNA of everything on the planet. |
The Motley Fool July 19, 2010 Travis Hoium |
ExxonMobil Grows Organically... Literally ExxonMobil announces new research facility for algae-based biofuels |
Wired January 2005 Oliver Morton |
Life, Reinvented A group of MIT engineers wanted to model the biological world. But, damn, some of nature's designs were complicated! So they started rebuilding from the ground up - and gave birth to synthetic biology. |
Chemistry World May 15, 2014 |
It's life, but not as we know it A US team at The Scripps Research Institute in California, has unveiled the first living Escherichia coli cells with non-natural base pairs in their DNA. |
Salon.com June 26, 2000 Ralph Brave |
The great gene race A tiny private company and the giant public genome project jointly crossed the finish line. But the upstart really won. |
IEEE Spectrum March 2011 Lucks & Arkin |
Synthetic Biology's Hunt for the Genetic Transistor How genetic circuits will unlock the true potential of bioengineering |
Bio-IT World February 2006 Juan Carlos Perez |
Google, Venter Mum on Collaboration Reports Google and the J. Craig Venter Institute are playing down highly publicized reports of a genetics research collaboration reported in the recently published The Google Story by David Vise and Mark Malseed. |
Wired August 21, 2007 Jonathon Keats |
Jargon Watch: Microbesoft, Geosniff, Witricity New words and definitions for the 21st century. |
Salon.com June 27, 2000 Tabitha M. Powledge |
Book of life? Hosanna! The Human Genome Project has been completed. We will now cure diseases, weed out defective genes and create a new supergeneration in the near future. Not. |
Bio-IT World July 2005 Kevin Davies |
Synthetic Biologists Assemble Codon Devices Company Emerging leaders in the new discipline of synthetic biology have raised $13 million in first-round venture funding for the field's first commercial entity - a startup company called Codon Devices. |
Fast Company February 1, 2008 Elizabeth Svoboda |
Fueling The Future The oil well of tomorrow may be in a California lab full of genetically modified, diesel-spewing bacteria. |
Chemistry World June 30, 2011 Laura Howes |
Chemically evolved bacteria European scientists have created an Escherichia coli strain with a separate genome using chlorinated DNA. |
Bio-IT World August 13, 2003 Kevin Davies |
Malcolm in the Middle A maverick scientist and entrepreneur finds himself at the center of a DNA patenting storm. |
Technology Research News June 4, 2003 Kimberly Patch |
Artificial beings evolve realistically Researchers from Michigan State University, Cal Tech, and the University of California at Los Angeles have found a way to use software to more closely mimic the way real organisms evolve, and have used the model to uncover a long-standing secret of natural selection. |
Chemistry World June 20, 2013 Sarah Houlton |
US supreme court rules genes can't be patented In a long-running case against Myriad Genetics, the court decided the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes are a 'product of nature, and not patent eligible merely because [they have] been isolated.' |
Wired May 19, 2008 Spencer Reiss |
Superefficient Frankencrops Could Put a Real Dent in Greenhouse Gas Emissions Food can be genetically altered to be more nitrogen-efficient and decrease the need for carbon based processes. |
Bio-IT World March 8, 2005 Melissa Trudinger |
Craig Venter: In Darwin's Wake Since leaving Celera Genomics in 2003, J. Craig Venter has turned his attention from mining the human genome to exploring the life forms of the oceans. Here, he talks about his voyage. |
Chemistry World May 7, 2014 Emma Stoye |
Bacterium survives unnatural DNA transplant The first organism that can grow and replicate with an unnatural base pair in its DNA -- giving the cell six nucleotides instead of the usual four -- has been created by scientists in the US. |
Chemistry World September 7, 2011 |
Bringing DNA to Life Clyde Hutchison's research focuses on the search for improved methods to learn about gene function from DNA sequence information. |
Chemistry World May 1, 2014 Ned Stafford |
Synthetic biology vision for Europe unveiled A new 'strategic vision' for synthetic biology has laid out the steps Europe needs to take in the next five to 10 year to nurture the field, with chemistry a key part of its strategy. |
Bio-IT World October 10, 2003 |
Diving for Ocean Genomes The race to preserve genetic treasures is getting help from genomics. |
Chemistry World July 15, 2009 Matt Wilkinson |
Exxon and Venter to create fuel of the future Oil giant ExxonMobil has finally entered the biofuel race and signed up biotechnology company Synthetic Genomics (SGI) to help produce next generation biofuels from photosynthetic algae. |
Chemistry World June 27, 2014 Philip Ball |
Synthetic aesthetics Artists, designers, scientists and sociologists got together in 2009 for an intensive workshop that debated what synthetic biology might and might not mean. |
Chemistry World July 2007 Philip Ball |
Opinion: The Crucible Working towards a cell-like entity from scratch by adding new functions in a process of gradual complexification is not without its dangers, but to simply damn it as 'playing God' would be to capitulate to a mistaken view of what being alive may mean. |
Bio-IT World December 10, 2002 |
Craig Venter Unvarnished (part II) The former Celera CEO covers privacy, ESTs, and his new research institutes. |
Fast Company September 2006 Tonya Garcia |
Miracle Microbes In the labs of Amyris Biotechnologies, molecular manipulation may yield cheap and effective malaria drugs. |
Chemistry World September 24, 2013 Jennifer Newton |
Plants and microorganisms are the original synthetic chemists Greg Challis is a professor of chemical biology at the University of Warwick in the UK. Research in the Challis group encompasses the discovery, biosynthesis, bioengineering and mechanism of action of bioactive natural products. |
IndustryWeek November 16, 2011 David Drickhamer |
Future Now Five technology developments changing industry as we know it. |
Chemistry World August 23, 2011 Josh Howgego |
Expanded genetic alphabet could spell out new genes Chemists have created an artificial genetic code capable of evolving to produce new genes. The code consists of six bases, rather than the standard four, and could form the basis of randomly mutating synthetic life. |
National Defense October 2007 Michael G. Frodl |
USAF Synthetic Fuel Program Could Help Solve Unwanted Carbon Problem The Air Force is seeking to acquire 50% of its fuel needs from domestic sources by 2016, and half of that is expected to come from synthetic fuel, mainly made from coal. |
Bio-IT World April 2007 Proffitt & Davies |
CAMERA Database Snaps Into Action The new Community Cyberinfrastructure for Advanced Marine Microbial Ecology Research and Analysis database was developed to store and disseminate the flood of genetic data being generated by work such as J. Craig Venter's Global Ocean Sampling expedition. |
Technology Research News January 29, 2003 Kimberly Patch |
Data stored in live cells Every type of storage media -- from stone to paper to magnetic disks -- is subject to destruction. Researchers from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory are tapping forces of nature to store information more permanently. |
Scientific American December 19, 2005 |
Lean Gene Machine An ocean bacterium has the most streamlined genome: P. ubique apparently has traded potential for economy in a big way, making its genome the equivalent of a fuel-stingy Volkswagen Beetle, whereas human DNA is more akin to a gas-guzzling Hummer pulling an RV trailer plus a boat. |