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The “gargantuan effort” to recode life with just 57 codons

Published on 11 August, 2025

NewScientist speak to Wes Robertson, Group Leader in the LMB’s PNAC Division, about his work in Jason Chin’s group to synthesise E. coli using just 57 codons, rather than the usual 64. More…