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  • Researchers build DNA replication in a model synthetic cell

    30 / 04 / 2018

    Researchers build DNA replication in a model synthetic cell 30 April 2018 Researchers at the Danelon Lab at TU Delft in cooperation with colleagues at the Autonomous University of Madrid, have created an artificial DNA blueprint for the replication of DNA in a cell-like structure. Though this research was not directly funded ...

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  • BaSyC PI John van der Oost (WUR) featured in a television programme on CRISPR-Cas

    29 / 03 / 2018

    BaSyC PI John van der Oost (WUR) featured in a television programme on CRISPR-Cas 29 March 2018 In the TV-program “Tegenlicht”, John talks about his pioneering work in the development of CRISPR-Cas. With this new technology we can literally cut and paste into DNA. This revolutionary development can have major consequences for ...

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  • Hub Zwart featured in Dutch newspaper article about Frankenstein

    15 / 01 / 2018

    Hub Zwart featured in Dutch newspaper article about Frankenstein 15 January 2018 200 years ago, Mary Shelley published her magnum opus Frankenstein. In honour of this literary milestone, Dutch quality newspaper The Volkskrant has interviewed three experts about creating life in the lab. One of them is BaSyc member Hub Zwart, ...

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