Reading and writing DNA | MIT News

Department of Biology kicks off IAP seminar series with a lecture by synthetic-biology visionary George Church.

Raleigh McElvery | Department of Biology • mit
Jan. 31, 2018 ~8 min

Engineers 3-D print a “living tattoo” | MIT News

New technique 3-D prints programmed cells into living devices for first time.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
Dec. 5, 2017 ~8 min


Gene circuit switches on inside cancer cells, triggers immune attack | MIT News

Advance may open new pathways for cancer immunotherapy.

Helen Knight | MIT News correspondent • mit
Oct. 19, 2017 ~7 min

New way to test antibiotics could lead to better drugs | MIT News

Study finds bacterial response to drugs varies in different environments.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
Aug. 31, 2017 ~5 min

A rose by any other name would smell as yeast | MIT News

Emily Havens Greenhagen ’05 leads a team of scientists brewing perfume from yeast.

Justin Chen | Department of Biology • mit
July 14, 2017 ~8 min

Endowing cells with new abilities | MIT News

PhD student Fahim Farzadfard engineers cells to record “memories” of past events.

Dara Farhadi | MIT News correspondent • mit
June 20, 2017 ~7 min

Microfluidics for the masses | MIT News

New open-source website features blueprints for lab-on-a-chip devices.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
June 13, 2017 ~7 min

Bacteria with multicolor vision | MIT News

Red, green, and blue light can be used to control gene expression in engineered E. coli.

Rob Matheson | MIT News Office • mit
May 26, 2017 ~8 min


Living sensors at your fingertips | MIT News

Cell-infused gloves and bandages light up when in contact with certain chemicals.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
Feb. 15, 2017 ~7 min

Microbial manufacturing | MIT News

Engineered bacteria produce rare and commercially useful compounds in large quantities.

Rob Matheson | MIT News Office • mit
Feb. 3, 2017 ~9 min

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