If someone — like a disgruntled scientist, terror group, or rogue nation — were to synthesize and unleash smallpox, we could ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. DNA synthesis is vital to several processes in biopharmaceutical innovation, including the ...

DNA is the raw material of modern medicine yet is the only part of drug development not accessible at the lab bench. DNA synthesis, the first step in most biological workflows including gene synthesis ...

There’s been this dream for decades. What if we could just print out an entire gene directly, one base at a time? —Daniel Lin-Arlow, Ansa Biotechnologies As scientists set their sights on cell and ...

DNA, the language of biology, is driving all synthetic biology applications, from animal-free meat to life-saving therapeutics. It should come as no surprise that DNA synthesis is a hot and ...

DNA has tremendous potential as a data storage medium, but the process of synthesizing DNA from scratch is time-consuming. It has to be done one nucleotide at a time in a specific sequence. New ...

Strategic partnership marks launch of early access program offering rapid, long, clonal gene synthesis and high-complexity genes up to 15 kb The partnership strengthens IDT’s robust synthetic biology ...

There’s an old saying about a dollar waiting on a dime. In other words, a monumental endeavor may become stuck at some point if a key preliminary element remains unavailable. The saying could be ...

The state of DNA synthesis is a bit like humanity’s journey to the moon—just because something has been achieved before doesn’t mean we should cease figuring out how to do it better.” That is how ...

Ansa Biotechnologies hauled in a total of $54.4 million in an oversubscribed series B round of financing that will be used to expand the company’s DNA synthesis production capacity in the U.S. The San ...