Researchers are engineering microbes to deliver therapeutics specifically to tumors, maximizing the treatments’ efficacy while minimizing side effects.

Autonomous, living microrobots that seek and destroy cancer are not as futuristic as one might imagine, thanks to a fusion of robotics and synthetic biology.

Researchers could one day use the method to deliver antibiotics to topical wounds infected by hard-to-treat masses of bacteria.

DNA-responsive polymer gels used for releasing drugs, encapsulating cells, and much more now have greater adaptability thanks to the Cas12a nuclease.

The US Food and Drug Administration halts a study by Solid Biosciences after a patient experiences severe side effects following treatment.

A device implanted into mice can modulate brain circuit activity over long periods of time.

A microneedle delivers liquid medicines through tiny, fang-like points.

An injectable biomaterial calls cancer drugs to tumor sites in mice.

Lonza will employ more than 200 full-time staff to work at the Texas-based facility, the company says.