synthetic genes that can be controlled like the genes in living cells

Very exciting to discover that, researchers from the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering and the University of Rome Tor Vergata in Italy have developed synthetic genes that can be controlled like the genes in living cells. 

In fact, Instead of waving a conductor’s baton, the researchers used a promoter “nicking” and strand displacement strategy to activate their synthetic genes, which would then express RNA molecules to the degree necessary to activate or deactivate the self-assembly function of distinct DNA-based monomers.