"Venter says that efforts to synthesise his minimal genome from scratch are still in progress, but once it is ready, the transplant method should allow the first bacterium with a synthetic genome

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"A long-lasting artificial skin which is "fully and consistently integrated into the human body" has shown promising results in early clinical trials."

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"...the discovery that a single protein can inhibit aging holds implications for human longevity and for treatment of some of the world's most feared diseases."

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"There's a new wrinkle in the argument over patenting life: can you patent synthetic life?"

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"Four new studies in mice report advances in making cloned stem cells which - if successful in humans - would sidestep some of the major ethical barriers to their use."

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"So far, there have been no confirmed cases of gene doping in the United States or anywhere else, though that could change during the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, which is when some speculate

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"If I am knowledgeable about biology and have the tools to create new organisms from scratch, then it would be entirely plausible I could certainly construct something that poses a threat to all

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"So far, two patients lacking vaginas because of a rare malformation have been helped to grow ones, using stem cells taken from their own bodies." Awesome headline, astonishing story.

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"Hipsters will install living tattoo colonies of algae under their skin. Punk rockers can get a shocking dog-collar effect by grafting on a spiky necklace of extra fingers with colored nails.&quo

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"A pocket-sized device that runs on two AA batteries and copies DNA as accurately as expensive lab equipment has been developed by researchers in the US." Biotech's tipping point?

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"Researchers from Hokkaido University have created artificial blood vessels using collagen derived from the skin of salmon."

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Here's a novelty - Michael Crichton talking sense, in this case about genetic patenting. Guess technophobes can come in handy occasionally.

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"By viewing recent history as a series of techno-economic waves ushered in by a new low-cost input, it is possible to see that neurotechnology will lead to substantial economic, political, and so

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David Brin looks to the future of biotech, AI and more.

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"Napster in 1999. MySpace in 2004. YouTube in 2006. Experts from the tech community look ahead to the innovations that will change how we work, play and communicate in 2007." In summation? W

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"One of the odder manifestations of the fabrication future may well revolutionize the world of medicine -- and quite possibly change how we eat and offer a new way to fight global warming, too.&q

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"Rather than encoding signals in high and low voltages, the circuits encode signals in high and low concentrations of short DNA molecules. The chemical logic gates that perform the information pr

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"...a fascinating glimpse into how far some parents may go to ensure that their children stay in their world — by intentionally choosing malfunctioning genes that produce disabilities like deafne

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"Decaffeinated coffee plants, pest-resistant cotton, and Vitamin A-producing rice varieties have all been developed by introducing genes into plants." De-caff coffee plants? Why mess with pe

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"Researchers, with foreign scientists' technical assistance, had cloned a small wild pig species as well as long-tailed macaques and rhesus monkeys ... However, most of the cloned animals had sur

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"A tiny pump driven by living heart cells has been developed by researchers in Japan. Future versions could perhaps power medical implants or devices that analyse biological samples..."

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"A research team [...] has been able to regenerate a wing in a chick embryo -- a species not known to be able to regrow limbs -- suggesting that the potential for such regeneration exists innatel

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"The device, made from sophisticated plastics and metals, can withstand the corrosive gut acids and enzymes, and can be fed real food. It mimics both the physical and chemical reactions that take

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Headline of the day. "If they manage to pull off the feat, the human-bovine embryos would not be allowed to develop for more than a few days, the researchers say." Yeah, but they *would* say

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"Bioartificial kidneys seem to work, but can we make enough for everyone who needs one?"

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"Researchers at the University of Warwick are examining a way of using bacteria to manufacture a new suite of potential anti-cancer drugs that are difficult to create synthetically on a lab bench

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"This project explores the possibilities of a symbiotic relationship between two different systems of organization, technology and nature... to theoretically alter newly planted trees in the last

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Does what it says on the tin - animal tests showing promising results.

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Recent tests with frozen sperm offer hope that prehistoric animals could be recreated by inseminating modern relatives. Crichton's conceit gets another crack of the whip.

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Warning - exceptionally NOT SAFE FOR WORK, and may cause distress in the close-minded. A mock-up site advertising potential bodyhacks of the future, found in a post at OpenTheFuture

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