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Bioprinting has been all over the news in the past several years with headline-worthy breakthroughs like printed human skin, synthetic bones, and even a fully functional mouse thyroid... read more 
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The authors describe a non-natural information-containing macromolecule that can store and retrieve digital information. Inspired by the capacity of DNA to retain an enormous amount of genetic information, they synthesized and read a multi-bit message on an artificial polymer.
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Less is more for biologist Craig Venter and his team, who have booted up a cell with only the bare minimum genetic instructions required for life, encoded in synthetic DNA. After years of failure, they discovered that 473 genes are all that’s needed to create a living, stripped-down version of the bacterium Mycoplasma mycoides.
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Scientists at Harvard’s Jennifer Lewis Lab recently took the first step towards creating an artificial kidney that could one day replace biological donor kidneys. Using 3D printing, Lewis and her colleagues were able to re-create the tubule component of the kidney’s nephrons and give it a vascular network for blood flow.