Scientists Kick Off Synthetic Biology Project to Make Virus-Resistant Super Cells

Recently, roughly 200 eminent scientists assembled in Boston. Their agenda? Creating "superhero" human cells impervious to all viral attacks and possibly other killers--radiation, freezing, aging, or even cancer. The trick isn't super-soldier serum. Instead, the team is relying on tools from synthetic biology to read the cell's genetic blueprint and rewrite large chunks of the […]