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Albany Modern Science

Smart biomaterials: healing thyself

Stories about George Washington having had wooden teeth abound; however, historians now say that Washington’s dentures were not wooden at all...
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The third domain of life

Once upon a time, man thought that all living organisms could be divided into two kingdoms: animal and vegetable. By the 19th century, with the...
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Brave new world: step into the age of synthetic biology

“What man has joined, nature is powerless to put asunder.” — Aldous Huxley, Brave New World , Ch. 2 In Aldous Huxley’s most...
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The social lives of microbes

‘There is a perception that single-celled organisms are asocial, but that is misguided. When bacteria are under stress—which is the...
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A breakthrough of choice in the transmission of inherited mitochondrial diseases

Since the cloning of the sheep ‘Dolly’, the first mammal resulting from somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT), the world has been...
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Listeria monocytogenes: a model system

The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) admonishes that about 76 million people are sickened by a food-borne illness each year with...
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A sense of direction: follow the chemical trail

I don't always express myself on the surface, but I'm looking for a signal that you appreciate my complexity. Send me the right message...
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The perfect microbial storm

Infectious disease is one of the few genuine adventures left in the world. The dragons are all dead and the lance grows rusty in the chimney corner...
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A New Biology

We hear much these days about “a new biology”. What is meant by new biology and what are the major challenges that need to be addressed...
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A Copernican turn

"The Lord hath created medicines out of the earth; and he that is wise will not abhor them." Ecclesiasticus, xxxviii. (King James Bible...
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