Kshitij Rai and Ronan O’Connell, co-first authors on the study, worked on the project during their time as doctoral students in Caleb Bashor's laboratory at Rice University. HOUSTON – (Jan. 14, 2026) ...

There are hundreds of cell types in the human body, each with a specific role spelled out in their DNA. In theory, all it takes for cells to behave in desired ways—for example, getting them to produce ...

Synthetic biology is an interdisciplinary field that combines principles from biology, engineering, and computer science to design and construct new biological systems or redesign existing ones. It ...