Antimicrobial coating industry is rapidly growing. This is to prevent the serious problems caused by bacterial adhesion and subsequent biofilm formation on the surfaces of many devices.
The burgeoning field of synthetic biology offers promising avenues for engineering artificial cells with tailored functionalities for diverse biomedical applications.
Engineering researcher Dr Michael Chen is working on a new project led by the Earlham Institute, to explore whether the justice system could use single DNA cells to create DNA profiles from complex crime scene evidence.
