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.

The genetically modified bacteria spark an RNAi response in the parasite that leads to self-destruction—and perhaps a path to combatting colony collapse disorder.

The biotech Oxitec had released the genetically engineered insects with the hope that they would breed with wild populations and produce offspring that die young. But that’s not always happening.

Genetic engineers have co-opted base editing machinery to enable information storage and processing in the DNA of bacterial and mammalian cells.

The fast-growing fish can now be raised and sold in the US, although it’s likely to be some time before the product hits the market.

The large-scale experiments aim to test how the technology would fare in the wild, if deployed to knock down populations of the pests.

Adenine editing enzymes have been adapted for use in plants.

Adenine editing enzymes have been adapted for use in plants.