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The sheer scale of what synthetic biology aims to achieve can often feel indistinguishable from science fiction. We are actively learning to speak the fundamental language of life, not merely to read its ancient history, but to actively write its future.
#SyntheticBiology #MolecularBiology #ComputationalBiology #Genetics #ArtificialIntelligence #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/04/wi04042601.html

What Is: Synthetic Biology

The sheer scale of what synthetic biology aims to achieve can often feel indistinguishable from science fiction.

Scientific Frontline 2d ago

#DNA polymerases—the microscopic biological machines responsible for replicating DNA—possess an innate capability to synthesize entirely new, highly complex, and extensive DNA sequences from scratch without utilizing an existing template.
#EngineeringBiology #MolecularBiology #SyntheticBiology #Biotechnology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/04/bio04012601.html

Nature’s photocopiers caught ‘doodling’ – and scientists say it could revolutionise how DNA is written

New research has discovered that the molecular machines responsible for copying our DNA

CSBJ Mar 23

🦠 Are microbes evolving faster than our ability to industrialize them?

🔗 Exploring Genome-Wide Mutation Dynamics and Bacterial Cellulose Impairment in Komagataeibacter intermedius Cultivated Under Agitation Stress. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal (CSBJ). DOI: https://doi.org/10.34133/csbj.0009

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#SyntheticBiology #Sustainability #Biomaterials #Microbiology #IndustrialBiotechnology #MetabolicEngineering #Genomics #Phenomics

KillBait Mar 21

Engineered Probiotic E. coli Bacteria Produce Anticancer Drug Romidepsin and Target Tumors in Mouse Models

📰 Original title: Scientists turn probiotic bacteria into tumor-hunting cancer killers

🤖 IA: It's clickbait ⚠️
👥 Usuarios: It's clickbait ⚠️

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#science #cancertherapy #syntheticbiology ...

Engineered Probiotic E. coli Bacteria Produce Anticancer Drug Romidepsin and Target Tumors in Mouse Models

Researchers from Shandong University in China have engineered the probiotic bacterium Escherichia coli Nissle 1917 (EcN) to function as a targeted drug delivery system for cancer treatment.

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Scientific Frontline Mar 16

A novel, environmentally sustainable biomanufacturing process that utilizes genetically engineered yeast to produce oxalic acid, which is subsequently used to extract and purify free rare-earth elements (REEs) from low-grade ore.
#SyntheticBiology #Chemistry #BiomolecularEngineering #MaterialsScience #Environmental #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/03/beng03162601.html

Engineered yeast gives the U.S. a green edge in the critical minerals market

Biomanufacturing oxalic acid by engineering the low-pH-tolerant yeast Issatchenkia orientalis greatly simplifies the process

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Spaceflight 🚀Mar 1

#Extremophiles that can digest #radiation ☢️ and toxicities are already used to clean up everything from oil spills to the fallout of radioactive sites.

This means we could #engineer microbes that are resistant to freezing ❄️ temperatures and high levels of radiation.

Given that #microbes 🦠 helped make Earth habitable, we could use synthetic #biology to engineer microbes to speed up a similar process for #Mars 🔴 https://theconversation.com/how-to-engineer-microbes-to-enable-us-to-live-on-mars-253456

#CrisprCas9 #SyntheticBiology #Terraforming #Mars

How to engineer microbes to enable us to live on Mars

Microbes could pump out oxygen on Mars.

The Conversation

𝕯𝖔𝖔𝖒𝖘𝖈𝖗𝖔𝖑𝖑™Feb 24

🧬 Controllable bio-electric interfaces , where electrical signaling modulates living systems? These interfaces could manifest as interactive microbial computing, energy-harvesting biofilms, or unlock techno-bio feedback loops.

https://www.rockefeller.edu/news/38991-a-new-method-reveals-hidden-rules-of-gene-control/ #SyntheticBiology

Dude Feb 20

#AI #SyntheticBiology #Science

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/intelligence-squared/id708371900?i=1000750305591

Will AI Design New Organisms From Scratch? With Adrian Woolfson

Podcast Episode · Intelligence Squared · February 18 · 42m

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ScrollBots.com Feb 13

It's incredibly frustrating when the complexity of #syntheticbiology – the intricate science and potential – gets lost in translation, making it hard to communicate its importance and potential risks. 😩

Scientific Frontline Feb 10

Researchers engineered a novel DNA polymerase, designated C28, that efficiently synthesizes #RNA with high fidelity and speed, a capability that natural DNA polymerases are biologically designed to reject.
#Biochemistry #Pharmaceutical #Biomedical #SyntheticBiology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/02/bchm02102601.html

UC Irvine scientists create powerful enzyme that quickly, accurately synthesizes RNA

Identified via directed evolution, versatile polymerase can also perform reverse transcription