The synthetic bacteria contain a shorter genetic code with 57 codons rather than 64, freeing up space for further edits that ...

Simplifying life, it turns out, is rather complicated. But after a monumental undertaking, researchers at the MRC Laboratory ...

The synthetic bacteria are currently in the early stages of development, and may come to fruition in over a decade, according to a paper in the journal Science.

Last year, the J. Craig Venter Institute announced that it had accomplished the “successful construction of the first self-replicating, synthetic bacterial cell”.

A leading group of scientists has said research aimed at developing synthetic bacteria should be halted because it could pose an existential threat to humanity. The coalition of 38 scientists across ...

Lab-made ‘mirror bacteria’ could endanger all life on earth, scientists warn Synthetic microbes can cause pervasive infections in humans, animals and plants Vishwam Sankaran ...

A team from the J. Craig Venter Institute in Rockville, Md., announced on Thursday it had created a synthetic bacterial genome that is a copy of an existing genome.

The synthetic antibiotic, called cresomycin, was effective against multidrug-resistant strains of bacteria like Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Two of these ...

Attempts to create synthetic 'mirror' bacteria must be stopped as it could be 'catastrophic' for life on Earth, researchers say Experts said the organisms, which are at least a decade away from ...