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If you ask Northwestern Engineering’s Michael Jewett, he’ll tell you the potential of cell-free gene expression has always made sense. Rip off the wall of the cell, collect its insides, and teach the ...

The Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering expanded their ranks, adding a total of 144 new academicians from China and 51 from abroad, the two academies announced on Friday ...

The story of Ginkgo Bioworks shows the challenges and progress in the emerging field of synthetic biology. The synthetic biology labs of Ginkgo Bioworks, which plans to go public on ...