Synthetic Biology & Genetic Networks

Harvard Grads Aim for Mass 3D Printed Alt Meats with $3M Seed Round

3DPrint.com: Businesses trying to revolutionize the alternative meat industry through 3D printing attracted hundreds of millions of dollars in funding in the last ten years, growing from just a few companies to dozens in the same time frame. One of…

The scientist who co-created CRISPR isn’t ruling out engineered babies someday

Technology Review: The day I spoke to Jennifer Doudna was a tough day: the US Patent Office had just ruled against her university on CRISPR’s most important uses, handing the…

Trans men’s eggs have been matured in the lab—and could help them have children

Technology Review: Ovaries contain hundreds of thousands of underdeveloped eggs, held in a kind of suspended animation. Each month, one matures and is released—potentially to be fertilized by sperm and…