However, the ability to write a genome from scratch would unlock greater creativity in designing a desired genome — your dream home — and producing new kinds of organisms that do things that nature ...

Scientists discover next-generation system for programmable genome design. ... The study published today in Nature reports their ... The Hsu lab found that when IS110 excises itself from a genome, ...

In the past decade or so, biomedical technology has been revolutionized by a gene editing technique known as CRISPR, which uses a guide RNA molecule to direct a DNA-cutting enzyme to a specific ...

“The ability to programmably rearrange any two DNA molecules opens the door to breakthroughs in genome design.” Read the papers in Nature here and here. A short video of the discovery, ...

These modular, bi-specific bridge RNAs can be reprogrammed to enable sequence-specific fundamental DNA rearrangements, potentially accelerating the advancement of genome design (Fig 1). 2 ...

The promise of genome editing to help understand human diseases and create new therapies is vast, but technological ...

Cold sore-causing HSV-1 doesn't just hijack cells it reconfigures the entire architecture of our DNA to aid its invasion.

“The Sc2.0 global consortium to design and construct a synthetic genome based on the Saccharomyces cerevisiae genome commenced in 2006, comprising 16 synthetic chromosomes and a new-to-nature ...

More information: Soumya Kannan et al, Evolution-guided protein design of IscB for persistent epigenome editing in vivo, Nature Biotechnology (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41587-025-02655-3 Journal ...

Herpes virus reshapes the human genome for its own benefit, ... Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-60534-6. ... Alternating-pressure mattress design could reduce risk of bed sores.

Scientists Unveil a More Diverse Human Genome The “pangenome,” which collated genetic sequences from 47 people of diverse ethnic backgrounds, could greatly expand the reach of personalized ...