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SpudCell marks a milestone for synthetic biology, but it is not fully alive. It will, however, help scientists answer key ...

Synthetic cell SpudCell, the first built from non-living components by University of Minnesota synthetic biologists Kate ...

A gene variant found more often in people who live past 100 has reversed key markers of cardiac aging in laboratory tests on human heart cells and in aged mice. The variant, known as LAV-BPIFB4, ...

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The biological parents of a baby girl born to another couple after an IVF mix-up in Florida are “heartbroken” and would have wanted to fight for custody of the child, according to their lawyer. “They ...

Last week, the New York Senate passed legislation to replace the terms “father” and “mother” with the gender-neutral language of “gestating parent” and “non-gestating parent.” If enacted, this bill ...

The bill, which awaits Gov. Kathy Hochul's signature, would replace traditional legal terms such as "mother," "father" and "paternity" with gender-neutral language — "gestating parent," "non-gestating ...

Leading AI labs, executives, and scientists are sending a letter to lawmakers urging them to improve tracking of synthetic DNA sequences that could be used for bioweapons. The CEOs of several major ...

Introduction Embryo aneuploidy increases substantially with maternal age, contributing to implantation failure and miscarriage. Conventional morphological assessment cannot determine euploidy.