The recoded bacterium uses only 57 of the 64 possible genetic codes, freeing up seven to be used for different purposes ...

In force since 2014, the protocol asserts countries’ sovereign right to negotiate access to genetic resources on their land.

NASA astronaut Kathleen "Kate" Rubins has retired from the space agency after 16 years, two missions on the International Space Station, four spacewalks and 300 days in space. Her last day at Johnson ...

We may be on the cusp of a new era of biochemical discovery, but turning these advancements into drugs isn’t so easy ...

As a molecular biologist, talking to the public about my work with DNA has often felt like trying to translate a foreign ...

University of Queensland researchers have developed an affordable, open-source DNA measurement tool that can be built using a ...

Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto researchers are reporting that targeted RNA sequencing can detect clinically actionable ...

An animal geneticist at the University of California-Davis told Kansas cattle producers recently that a gene editing ...

A study from NAIST identifies Setd8, an epigenetic regulator, as a key driver of early aging in neural stem cells. Reduced ...

New research reveals that genetic risk factors for Alzheimer's and stroke affect the brain's guardian blood vessels and ...

One of the most astonishing facts in mathematics and probability is the sheer scale of 52 factorial (52!), the number of ways ...