Bioengineers develop a toolkit for designing more successful synthetic molecules
Wednesday, September 17, 2014 - 05:00
in Biology & Nature
(Phys.org) —Ever since Robert Hooke first described cells in 1665, scientists have been trying to figure out what is going on inside. One of the most exciting modern techniques involves injecting cells with synthetic genetic molecules that can passively report on the cell's behavior, or even alter its function.