Giant DNA viruses encode their own eukaryote-like translation machinery, researchers discover

In a new study, published in Cell, researchers describe a newfound mechanism for creating proteins in a giant DNA virus, comparable to a mechanism in eukaryotic cells. The finding challenges the dogma ...
Forbes

DNA Synthesis Approaches: Will New Methods Stand The Test Of Time?

DNA synthesis is vital to several processes in biopharmaceutical innovation, including the development of gene therapies, CRISPR gene editing, antisense oligonucleotides and RNA therapies. The need ...

Ginkgo - OpenAI collaboration cuts costs in protein synthesis

Ginkgo Bioworks (DNA) stock is in focus as the company as part of a collaboration with Microsoft (MSFT)-backed OpenAI cuts ...
Science Daily

Team discovers naturally occurring DNA-protein hybrids

Thanks to a serendipitous discovery and a lot of painstaking work, scientists can now build biohybrid molecules that combine the homing powers of DNA with the broad functional repertoire of proteins - ...

Ginkgo, OpenAI Cut Protein Costs by 40%

Ginkgo Bioworks says a new AI collaboration with OpenAI is already paying off, cutting the cost of protein production in the lab by a mea ...

Ginkgo Bioworks' Autonomous Laboratory Driven by OpenAI's GPT-5 Achieves 40% Improvement Over State-of-the-Art Scientific Benchmark

Ginkgo Bioworks (NYSE: DNA) today announced it has demonstrated, in collaboration with OpenAI, an AI system that autonomously ...
The Scientist

The Power of Enzymatic DNA Synthesis

DNA is the raw material of modern medicine yet is the only part of drug development not accessible at the lab bench. DNA synthesis, the first step in most biological workflows including gene synthesis ...
Opinion

Why universal gene synthesis screening protects American biotech

In an era when Washington seems incapable of finding common ground on virtually any issue, it’s notable to encounter a policy area where stakeholders across the political spectrum agree. Gene ...