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, ...

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

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

Using the design–build–test–learn cycle, synthetic biologists put together minimal, synthetic or semi-synthetic genomes to improve the predictability of complex networks, streamline biosynthesis ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...