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

Three-year-old Nathaniel Clayton started having problems with his vision when he was just six months old. After numerous ...

The beauty of the DNA code is that organisms interpret it unambiguously. Each three-letter nucleotide sequence, or codon, in ...

A new study has found that advances in whole genome sequencing will allow families of children with rare genetic conditions ...

We have long struggled to determine how the first living organisms on Earth came together. Now, surprising evidence hints that poorly understood prions may have been the vital missing ingredient ...

It's not every day that biologists announce an entirely new branch of life, and this one has been hiding under their noses ...

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

Pyrrolysine is an important component of methyltransferase enzymes, which the archaea use to metabolize methylamine in the environment. “The need for that metabolism and availability of the machinery ...

Title: CRISPR/Cas-mediated APOC3 Knockout as a One-time Treatment for Severe Hypertriglyceridemia Presenters: Alan Brooks, PhD, Senior Vice President of Research at Metagenomi Date/time: Monday, ...

We talk a lot about "investment pieces" around here. Usually, that’s code for "expensive stuff you hope doesn't fall apart in ...

One of the most elegant theories about the origins of life on our planet is that it was kick-started by a delivery from outer ...

Your genetic code is not as logical as it could be. What if we could rewrite our genetic code, and make it more efficient, ...