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Securing Cell-Free Biomanufacturing as a Strategic National Capability
1+ hour, 55+ min ago (386+ words) The United States (U. S.) faces a dual imperative: invest in CFE to secure strategic leadership in next-generation biomanufacturing, and close the governance gap to prevent misuse and to ultimately enable American innovation to advance even more rapidly. We recommend two coordinated…...
Pharma's AI Boom Has Bet on the Wrong Bottleneck
17+ hour, 17+ min ago (205+ words) What the money bought Where the value actually is The trouble is that designing the molecule was never the expensive part. The roughly $2. 6 billion it takes to bring a single drug to market is dominated not by discovery but by…...
The Future of Science Depends on Sharing Discoveries Like Spud Cell
5+ hour, 40+ min ago (118+ words) Times Now The discovery can be likened to the initial flights by the Wright Brothers 122 years ago, a feat which was deemed impossible until then, but that reality changed the moment the gadget they built took flight. Fast forward to…...
What is 'Spud Cell'? Arguably the greatest bioengineering feat yet
5+ hour, 26+ min ago (337+ words) A prototype cell partly capable of replicating itself has been created using 36 existing bacterial genes, but it's not really a living organism " yet Spud Cell is the first synthetic cell system built from non-living components to complete a full cell…...
Scientists develop flexible system for designing anti-cancer drugs
8+ hour, 14+ min ago (263+ words) Edex Live Harnessing bacterial enzymes to develop drug variants, a strategy known as combinatorial biosynthesis, has long been a goal for scientists But without understanding how these enzymes interact, progress has stalled. Published in Nature Communications, a team of researchers…...
'Spud Cell': Scientists Create Synthetic Cells That Can Feed, Grow & Replicate Like Natural Cells In Major Breakthrough
7+ hour, 47+ min ago (380+ words) Researchers at the University of Minnesota announced a major breakthrough in biological engineering, claiming to have created the world's first synthetic cells capable of feeding, growing and replicating in a manner similar to natural living cells. Developed under a project…...
N4-Acetylcytidine Boosts Synthetic m RNA Translation
4+ hour, 5+ min ago (566+ words) Bioengineer. org...
Nona Biosciences and Lonza Enter Strategic Collaboration to Develop Best-in-Class Single-Domain Antibody-Based BBB-Crossing Technology for CNS Diseases
4+ hour, 55+ min ago (497+ words) Bio Space Nona Biosciences and Lonza Enter Strategic Collaboration to Develop Best-in-Class Single-Domain Antibody-Based BBB-Crossing Technology for CNS Diseases CAMBRIDGE, Mass. , July 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Nona Biosciences ("Nona"), a global biotechnology company advancing biologics discovery and development through innovative technology platforms, today…...
Medical Breakthrough! Scientists Build Cells That Can Grow and Replicate
9+ hour, 53+ min ago (228+ words) Synthetic Cell Breakthrough Could Transform Future Healthcare (Pic: AI image) The research, led by Kate Adamala, a synthetic biologist at the University of Minnesota, introduces a prototype synthetic cell called Spud Cell. Built entirely from non-living chemical components, the cell…...
Building connections across molecular life science
12+ hour, 40+ min ago (335+ words) As I begin my term as the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology's president, I am delighted to address you through my first President's Message. I have been involved with ASBMB since I was a postdoctoral researcher in Howard…...