The Making of a Gene Circuit

Researchers at the Institute for Protein Design have made a computationally-designed, multi-step enzyme.

Works in Progress and Asimov Press are launching a paid six-month fellowship.

A brief history of the repressilator, a genetic circuit that gave rise to synthetic biology.

A 2020 study suggests that monkeys can develop Parkinson’s, just like humans. Why haven't the findings been duplicated, and what will it take to find more “natural” animal models?

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