We have gone further than ever before in creating life that is unlike anything that has evolved naturally. The genome of an Escherichia coli bacterium has been redesigned on a computer to use just 57 ...
Hamilton, ON, June 16, 2022 – An international team led by researchers at McMaster University, working in collaboration with the University of Paris Cité, has identified and reconstructed the first ...
Researchers reconstructed the genetic code of E. coli bacteria from an Italian nobleman who died in 1586. E. coli is commonly found in human and animal intestines, but certain strains can make people ...