Recombinant DNA (rDNA) refers to artificial DNA molecules that are created by combining genetic material from different sources. This technology involves the insertion of DNA fragments from one ...

This year marks roughly fifty years since the modern biotechnology era began — an era defined by recombinant DNA, monoclonal ...

The AI2Health cluster of the Ken Kennedy Institute and the Synthetic Biology Institute at Rice University hosted a debriefing and collaborative discussion session on the Spirit of Asilomar summit June ...

Massachusetts helped invent the modern biotechnology industry when Cambridge passed the first municipal law regulating ...

Even in the early days of recombinant DNA technologies, it was understood that there were inherent risks in understanding biological mechanisms, as that improved understanding could be used to cause ...

Errol Friedberg is a molecular biologist and emeritus professor at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. He is author of A Biography of Paul Berg: The Recombinant DNA Controversy ...

Ars Technica has been separating the signal from the noise for over 25 years. With our unique combination of technical savvy and wide-ranging interest in the technological arts and sciences, Ars is ...

Plant-based molecular farming harnesses the genetic and biochemical machinery of whole plants or plant cells to produce non-native proteins for pharmaceuticals, industrial enzymes and vaccines. Two ...

Recombinant antibody technology has been leveraged to mitigate a range of common problems associated with hybridoma platforms, helping to facilitate the development of an entirely new class of ...