Researchers have combined over seven synthetic chromosomes that were made in the lab into a single yeast cell, resulting in a strain with more than 50% synthetic DNA that survives and replicates ...

Researchers have combined over seven synthetic chromosomes that were made in the lab into a single yeast cell, resulting in a strain with more than 50% synthetic DNA that survives and replicates ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Maine-based Mainiacal Yeast Labs — which according to their website specialize in providing “unique yeast and bacteria” to ...

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The march toward “writing” a complex genome from scratch has taken another step forward, scientists announced on Thursday, with the synthesis of five more of the 16 chromosomes that make up the genome ...

A Belgian lab aims to turn the brewing world on its head with new strains of yeast. Kevin Verstrepen’s lab meetings can be pretty boozy affairs. Twice a week, several members of his group at Belgium’s ...

Yeast don’t have much of a social life; they’re single-celled fungi, after all. But yeast are, indeed, social. Social interaction among humans might center around protein shakes and discussion of ...

ST. LOUIS — Yeast and bakery ingredient company AB Mauri North America has acquired Omega Yeast Labs LLC, described as a leader in the craft-brewing liquid yeast market. Financial terms of the ...

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On weekends, Jim Withee jumps on his mountain bike and hits the trails in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Instead of a backpack full of PowerBars, he carries sterile containers and forceps. With gloved ...