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If you could pick an image to be preserved for thousands of years, what would it be? The University of Washington, Microsoft and Twist Bioscience are inviting the public to submit photographs that they’d like to see preserved in DNA for millennia. The images — which can be uploaded at the project website — will be encoded in synthetic DNA and made available to researchers worldwide.

A selection of images submitted to the #MemoriesInDNA Project. University of Washington.In health news, a team of researchers from NPL and UCL have engineered an artificial virus which has the ability to kill bacteria on first contact, to help address the global threat of antimicrobial resistance. Inovio Pharmaceuticals produced a vaccine with synthetic DNA antigens that generated broad protective responses against all major deadly strains of H1 influenza viruses from the last 100 years, and Teewinot has now secured six U.S. patents covering processes for the production of cannabinoid-based pharmaceuticals.In other news, Synthego launched ICE, a new free and open source tool named “Inference of CRISPR Edits" for the broader CRISPR research community, and Kraig Biocraft Laboratories has implemented an expanded material performance testing procedure for its recombinant spider silk technology.Have a great week,Regards,John

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Immune defense mechanisms in bacteria might have the potential to increase the gene-editing toolbox (Weizmann Institute of Science)Can biotechnology help with forest health? Can trees be saved with modern plant science? (National Academy of Sciences)Synthetic vaccines: How synthetic biology designs next-generation vaccines by reprogramming pathogens (Nature)Genetically engineered gut bacteria hold promise for safe, targeted therapies (Knowable Magazine)The Value of Academic-Industry Partnerships (BIOtechNOW)Stanford Seminar - Cells Are Not Computers and DNA is Not a Programming Language and That's OkStoring data in DNA is a lot easier than getting it back out (MIT Tech Review)Is gene therapy coming of age? (Synpromics)UK bioeconomy is the key to eliminating plastic waste (Biome Bioplastics)

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