A team of scientists at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands managed to successfully insert human muscle genes into a bit of baker’s yeast for the first time. The human genes in question ...

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Researchers have combined over seven synthetic chromosomes that were made in the lab into a single yeast cell, resulting in a strain with more than 50% synthetic DNA that survives and replicates ...

Lab-scale production of medicarpin in yeast heralds another manufacturing option for this natural anti-tumor agent.

“While it’s relatively easy to grow animal cells for mass food production you need to be able to grow them on something cheap, edible and that preferably provides a structure that resembles real meat, ...

A new study tests whether spent yeast from breweries can supply cellulose scaffolds that support lab-grown meat production.

Whether laundry detergents, mascara, or Christmas chocolate - many everyday products contain fatty acids from palm oil or coconut oil. However, the ...

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“Our motivation is to understand the first principles of genome fundamentals by building synthetic genomes,” says co-author and synthetic biologist Patrick Yizhi Cai (@caiyizhi) of the University of ...