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Synthesis: The Designed Biosphere

Synthesis: The Designed Biosphere

Synthesis: The Designed Biosphere Let's pull it together. We've traced synthetic biology from its foundations—the engineering mindset, standardized parts, design-build-test-learn—through its applications: minimal genomes, directed evolution, xenobots, DNA storage, genetic circuits, living materials. What emerges is a discipline, still young but maturing, that treats

Living Materials: Self-Healing and Growing

Living Materials: Self-Healing and Growing

Living Materials: Self-Healing and Growing Concrete cracks. It's one of the most ubiquitous construction materials on Earth, and it always cracks—from thermal expansion, settling, loading, age. Once cracked, water seeps in, corrodes the steel reinforcement, and the structure degrades. Maintenance is perpetual. What if the concrete could

Genetic Circuits: Cells as Computers

Genetic Circuits: Cells as Computers

Genetic Circuits: Cells as Computers In 2000, two papers published in the same issue of Nature launched a new field. One described a "toggle switch"—a genetic circuit with two stable states, like a light switch that stays on or off. The other described a "repressilator"

Fecal Transplants: The Surprisingly Effective Medicine You Don't Want to Think About

Fecal Transplants: The Surprisingly Effective Medicine You Don't Want to Think About

Fecal Transplants: The Surprisingly Effective Medicine You Don't Want to Think About Series: Microbiome Revolution | Part: 3 of 8 Primary Tag: FRONTIER SCIENCE Keywords: fecal microbiota transplant, FMT, C. diff, Clostridioides difficile, microbiome, poop transplant The Oldest New Medicine FMT isn't a modern invention. It just

Your Second Brain Lives in Your Gut (And It's Been Talking to Your First One All Along)

Your Second Brain Lives in Your Gut (And It's Been Talking to Your First One All Along)

Your Second Brain Lives in Your Gut (And It's Been Talking to Your First One All Along) Series: Microbiome Revolution | Part: 2 of 8 Primary Tag: FRONTIER SCIENCE Keywords: gut-brain axis, vagus nerve, enteric nervous system, serotonin, microbiome, mental health The Hundred Million Neurons You Forgot About Here&

You're Outnumbered: The Bacteria Running Your Body

You're Outnumbered: The Bacteria Running Your Body

You're Outnumbered: The Bacteria Running Your Body The numbers are dizzying. Your body contains approximately 38 trillion bacteria. That's about the same as the number of human cells—maybe slightly more, maybe slightly less, depending on how you count. But the number isn't the

The Microbiome Revolution

The Microbiome Revolution

The Microbiome Revolution You are not alone in your body. Right now, trillions of bacteria, viruses, fungi, and archaea are living on your skin, in your gut, in your mouth, in every crevice and surface of your body. They outnumber your human cells. They contain more genes than your genome.