The genetic code is the recipe for life, and provides the instructions for how to make proteins, generally using just 20 ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have cracked the DNA code of the longest living mammal, the bowhead whale, revealing a mechanism that could potentially prolong the human lifespan by ...

Scientists have created a live-cell DNA sensor that reveals how damage appears and disappears inside living cells, capturing ...

Scientists searching for new ways to combat cancer think they may have uncovered a promising new lead in the DNA of the ...

All the cells in an organism have the exact same genetic sequence. What differs across cell types is their ...

For decades, biologists treated DNA as a static string of letters, a linear code that cells read like text on a page. A new ...

Every face carries a story, shaped long before birth by a quiet choreography of genes switching on and off at just the right moment. A new study suggests that part of that story reaches far back into ...

Scientists are genetically engineering microbes to withstand industrial conditions for biofuel production. Researchers found ...

All the cells in an organism have the exact same genetic sequence. What differs across cell types is their epigenetics—meticulously placed chemical tags that influence which genes are expressed in ...

All starting from the same DNA, neurons ultimately take on individual characteristics in the brain and body. Differences in ...