Bacteria that take in inorganic carbon could have applications in sustainable biofuels.

Integrating a specialized histone into large segments of transgenic DNA enables centromere formation.

Recruiting an epigenetic instigator of centromere formation into large segments of cloned DNA facilitates their transformation into artificial chromosomes.

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

Scientists create a soft-bodied robotic fish that pumps synthetic blood and swims on its own.

Study shows the viability of bacteria with human-made, recoded DNA.

As artificial life forms become more sophisticated, we propose a simple list of criteria to determine whether synthetic biological organisms and robots are living beings.

A newly expanded genetic alphabet that includes four synthetic nucleotides highlights the need for strict boundaries on their use.

All life on Earth uses a genetic code based on four nucleotides. Now, scientists have created one with eight.