Starting with tiny molecular building blocks, researchers in Rockville have made a functioning virus in record time and with unprecedented precision, a significant step toward the goal of being able ...

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In a step forward for genetic engineering and synthetic biology, researchers have modified a strain of Escherichia coli bacteria to be immune to natural viral infections while also minimizing the ...

Genome engineering allows scientists to modify the genetic code of microbes. Now, researchers have engineered the genome of the bacterium Escherichia coli (E. coli) to make it immune to viral ...

Imagine a single drug that could prevent human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, treat patients who have already contracted HIV, and even remove all the dormant copies of the virus from those ...

Could a virus treatment designed by Boston researchers be the key to treating the aggressive brain cancer glioblastoma? Brigham and Women’s Hospital scientists report that they have created a ...

Medical advancements over the last several decades have made great strides in the treatment of HIV. Pharmaceutical treatments ...

An artificial virus capable of attacking superbug infections resistant to antibiotics has been bioengineered by researchers at University College London (UCL), National Physical Laboratory (NPL), ...