Genetic engineering pioneer Kevin Esvelt’s work highlights biotechnology’s immense potential for good—but also for catastrophe.

Biofilms are home to millions of microbes, but disrupting their interactions could produce more effective antibiotics.

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A device dubbed the “mother machine” enables real-time observation of mutagenesis in single bacterial cells.  

Molecules, cells, or vertebrates—when individuals move and act as a single unit, surprisingly complex behaviors arise that hint at the origins of multicellularity.

George Church is at it again, this time using multiplex gene editing to create virus-proof cells, improve organ transplant success, and protect elephants.

Scientists are trying to design the last malaria control agent the world will ever need.

Early reports that Omicron causes less-severe disease than Delta seem to be borne out, but it’s not yet clear to what extent that’s due to the variant itself versus the populations it’s infecting.

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