A New Life Form is in Town!
Forget GMOs – it’s time for the GROs! Alisha Aman looks at genomically recoded organisms and the impact they could have on viruses and biochemicals.
Tagged: DNA
Epigenetics and Evolution: Revising the Theory
Alexander Osborne is investigating the potential implications that epigenetics may have on our understanding of the theory of Evolution.
The fault in our genes
One crucial change among the 3 billion letters takes it all – Alisha Aman discusses some rare genetic diseases.
DNA Robots: The Medicinal Revolution?
Kirsty McLean investigates an unconventional drug delivery system that seems more science fiction than science fact.
Jungle Genomics
The ability to point a device at a life form and identify it is a long-running Sci-Fi trope, but is it now one step closer to reality? Whilst remote sensing is still a dream,...
Editing the Genome of a Human Embryo
The purpose of gene editing is to repair a defective gene which is responsible for a medical condition. Traditionally, gene therapy involves delivering a gene that is missing or defective to a certain part...
The foreign within
A recent study, published in Genome Biology, claims to have found at least 145 ‘foreign’ genes in human DNA . In order to detect these ‘intruders’, a team of scientists scanned human DNA for...
