News tagged with synthetic dna

Researchers develop nanodevice manufacturing strategy using DNA 'building blocks'

Researchers at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University have developed a method for building complex nanostructures out of short synthetic strands of DNA. Called single-stranded ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created May 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Researchers develop tools to make more complex biological machines from yeast

Scientists are one step closer to making more complex microscopic biological machines, following improvements in the way that they can "re-wire" DNA in yeast, according to research published today in the journal ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Mar 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Portable device will quickly detect pathogens

(PhysOrg.com) -- Two Cornell professors will combine their inventions to develop a handheld pathogen detector that will give health care workers in the developing world speedy results to identify in the field ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New biosensor benefits from melding of carbon nanotubes, DNA

Purdue University scientists have developed a method for stacking synthetic DNA and carbon nanotubes onto a biosensor electrode, a development that may lead to more accurate measurements for research related to diabetes and ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Nov 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Software helps synthetic biologists customize protein production

A software program developed by a Penn State synthetic biologist could provide biotechnology companies with genetic plans to help them turn bacteria into molecular factories, capable of producing everything from biofuels ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jul 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

DNA cages 'can survive inside living cells'

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at Oxford University have shown for the first time that molecular cages made from DNA can enter and survive inside living cells.

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jul 04, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

DNA nanoparticles to carry drugs and gene therapy

(PhysOrg.com) -- DNA isn't just for genetics anymore. Cornell researchers are using synthetic DNA to make nanoparticles, dubbed DNAsomes, that can deliver drugs and genetic therapy to the insides of cells.

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Apr 22, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Open-source software designed to minimize synthetic biology risks

A software package designed to minimize the potential risks of synthetic biology for the nation's defense and security is now available to the gene synthesis industry and synthetic biology community in an open-source format.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Mar 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Transparent 'DNA' adhesives help police nab thieves

(PhysOrg.com) -- Two British companies have worked out a way of helping dealers such as scrap and pawn dealers identify that objects brought to them have been stolen, and from whom, so they can then inform ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Feb 11, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (6) | comments 6 | with audio podcast report

Multi-component nano-structures with tunable optical properties

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory report the first successful assembly of 3-D multi-component nanoscale structures with tunable optical properties ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Sep 30, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Technology to screen for synbio abuses lags

Amid growing concern that synthetic life sciences pose biosecurity and biosafety risks, scrutiny is increasing into the burgeoning DNA sequence trade. Research published today in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists looks ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Sep 16, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Select agents should be defined by DNA sequence in today's era of synthetic biology

A DNA sequence-based system to better define when a pathogen or toxin is subject to Select Agent regulations could be developed, says a new report from the National Research Council, which adds that this could be coupled ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Aug 03, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Clean Genes: Chemists Cull the Good Synthetic DNA from the Bad

(PhysOrg.com) -- Birds do it, bees do it. Even scientists in labs do it. But the scientists can't hold a candle to the birds and the bees, who can make gobs of primo DNA without even thinking about it.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jul 23, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

iGEM team helps prevent rogue use of synthetic biology

A team of students from ENSIMAG, an engineering school in Grenoble, France, and Virginia Tech is using bioinformatics to implement federal guidance on synthetic genomics. The students' work will help gene synthesis companies ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jul 19, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Genetic inspiration could show the way to revolutionise information technology

(PhysOrg.com) -- Chemists at the University of Reading have created a synthetic form of DNA that could transform how digital information is processed and stored.

Chemistry / Polymers

created Jun 28, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 3 | with audio podcast