How to engineer microbes to enable us to live on Mars

Biotech is the launchpad for human survival in space

With NASA’s Artemis program preparing for the first crewed moon landing since 1972, four commercial space stations in development, and companies like SpaceX setting their sights on Mars, long-duration human […] The post Biotech is the launchpad for human survival in space appeared first on SpaceNews.

How to engineer microbes to enable us to live on Mars

Alones/ShutterstockA field known as synthetic biology has become one of the most highly anticipated in science. Its outputs range from golden rice, which is genetically engineered to provide vitamin A, to advances stemming from the Human Genome Project, which successfully mapped the entire human genome. Prominent voices in biotechnology have heralded it as the next wave of the future of innovation. Synthetic biology is the use of genetic enginee…

Synthetic biology: An emerging research field in China

Synthetic biology is considered as an emerging research field that will bring new opportunities to biotechnology. There is an expectation that synthet…

What the Science of Gene Inheritance Reveals About the Humans Behind It

When the draft sequence of the Human Genome Project was completed in 2003, seventy-­five-­year-­old James Watson—­the co-discoverer of DNA—­dreamt of soon finding the fundamental causes of all human outcomes in its string of letters. Indeed, scientists thought it would be just a few short years before the five genes behind heart disease, the dozen or […]

A field known as synthetic biology has become one of the most expected in science. Its results range from golden rice, which is genetically designed to provide vitamin A, to advances from the human genome project, which successfully mapped the entire human genome. Important voices in biotechnology [...]

Engineering Microbial Symbiosis for Mars Habitability - Astrobiology

The colonization of Mars presents extraordinary challenges, including radiation exposure, low atmospheric pressure, and toxic regolith. Recent advancements in synthetic biology and genetic engineering offer unprecedented opportunities to address these obstacles by utilizing terrestrial extremophiles and engineered organisms. This paper examines the potential for creating symbiotic relationships between terrestrial microbes and hypothetical Marti…