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Intravenous delivery of a multi-mechanistic cancer-targeted oncolytic poxvirus in humans
- Caroline J. Breitbach
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Set a bug to kill a bug
Engineered bacteria attack lethal infection with its own weapons.
- Marian Turner
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Cell therapy fights leukaemia
Patchwork receptors target immune cells against cancer.
- Heidi Ledford
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Female mosquitoes tricked by spermless males
Findings present potential strategy to control spread of malaria.
- Natasha Gilbert
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Regulate research at the animal–human interface
The time is right, says Martin Bobrow, to improve the governance of research involving animals that contain human genetic or cellular material.
- Martin Bobrow
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Engineered antibodies cross blood–brain barrier
Technique could be used to design therapies for Alzheimer's and other diseases.
- Heidi Ledford
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A synthetic homing endonuclease-based gene drive system in the human malaria mosquito
- Nikolai Windbichler
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Genetic engineering brings cloned crops closer
Seeds genetically identical to parent plant could revolutionize agriculture.
- Heidi Ledford
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Letting the bugs out of the bag
The public should be properly consulted ahead of any release of experimental insects. But what do they need to know, and whose job is it to ensure the message gets across?
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Transgenic bacterium sparks row in French schools
Opponents fear that experiments will 'trivialize' genetic modification.
- Barbara Casassus
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Bespoke genetic circuits rewire human cells
Engineered DNA device could coax cells to differentiate - or die - on demand.
- Ewen Callaway
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Research Highlights |
Gene therapy: Small RNAs aid cell transplants
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Life after the synthetic cell
Nature asked eight synthetic-biology experts about the implications for science and society of the “synthetic cell” made by the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI). The institute's team assembled, modified and implanted a synthesized genome into a DNA-free bacterial shell to make a self-replicating Mycoplasma mycoides.
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Mouse project to find each gene's role
International Mouse Phenotyping Consortium launches with a massive funding commitment.
- Alison Abbott
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Sizing up the 'synthetic cell'
Nature asked eight experts about the implications of the J. Craig Venter Institute's latest creation.
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Researchers start up cell with synthetic genome
A fully synthesized genome transforms one species of bacterium into another.
- Alla Katsnelson
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Turkish law could cripple bioscience
Research involving transgenic organisms may be strangled by red tape.
- Alison Abbott
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A new dawn for transgenic crops in Europe?
Approval of the Amflora potato could signal a fresh approach to genetically modified organisms.
- Declan Butler
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An absurd law
Turkey's government is about to pass legislation that could cripple the country's biological research.
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Five hard truths for synthetic biology
Can engineering approaches tame the complexity of living systems? Roberta Kwok explores five challenges for the field and how they might be resolved.
- Roberta Kwok