{"id":1369,"date":"2023-12-20T10:44:40","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T18:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bisc\/?p=1369"},"modified":"2023-12-20T11:02:14","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T19:02:14","slug":"how-researchers-are-creating-synthetic-chromosomes-faster-and-cheaper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bisc\/2023\/12\/20\/how-researchers-are-creating-synthetic-chromosomes-faster-and-cheaper\/","title":{"rendered":"How researchers are \u201cCReATiNG\u201d synthetic chromosomes faster and cheaper"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <h2><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><br \/>\nHow researchers are \u201cCReATiNG\u201d<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>synthetic chromosomes faster and cheaper<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1370\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1370\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1370 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bisc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2023\/12\/1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bisc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2023\/12\/1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bisc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2023\/12\/1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bisc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2023\/12\/1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bisc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2023\/12\/1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1370\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">USC Dornsife researchers invented a way to efficiently create chromosomes from existing pieces. (Image source: iStock.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>A new process to assemble DNA, developed by USC Dornsife scientists, could vastly improve production of pharmaceuticals, cancer therapies, biofuels and more.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>By USC Dornsife News Staff<br \/>\nDecember 20, 2023<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key points<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A new technique to clone and reassemble DNA, dubbed CReATiNG, could simplify and lower the cost of making synthetic chromosomes.<\/li>\n<li>Potential applications are numerous, including pharmaceutical production, biofuel generation, cancer therapies, and environmental cleanup using modified organisms.<\/li>\n<li>The method adds a powerful, versatile tool to the burgeoning field of synthetic biology.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/news\/stories\/synthetic-chromosomes-faster-cheaper\/\">Click to read full article&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":221,"featured_media":1370,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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