Engineers, like evolution, are tinkerers. Few vehicles showcase how one car can spread into multiple roles quite like ...

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

LMU researchers uncover the mechanism by which ribosomes raise alarms in the cell. Ribosomes, the protein factories of the cell, are essential for all living organisms. They bind to mRNA and move ...

American geneticist who shared a Nobel Prize for discovering the double helix structure of DNA. Born on April 6, 1928 in Chicago, IL, USA, he died aged 97 years in East Northport on Long Island, NY, ...

Decades of research has viewed DNA as a sequence-based instruction manual; yet every cell in the body shares the same genes – so where is the language that writes the memory of cell identities?

Bill Gates addresses African heads of state in this 2019 file photo. His recent “Seeds and Code” remarks have renewed debate over biotechnology, genetic engineering, and corporate control of food ...

An international team led by Monash University researchers has uncovered the genetic code governing the way genetic mutations affect mRNA and result in disease. This breakthrough, detailed in a new ...

An illustration of E. coli. Scientists have been racing to shrink the genetic code of this bacterium. Kateryna Kon / Science Photo Library via Getty Images The DNA of nearly all life on Earth is made ...

The DNA of nearly all life on Earth contains many redundancies, and scientists have long wondered whether these redundancies served a purpose or if they were just leftovers from evolutionary processes ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Research suggests that using cannabis may alter a person's epigenetic code. The research suggested that marijuana use can impact the genetic code responsible for activating and ...

Barbara Rae-Venter, a 76-year-old patent attorney living in Marina, California, thought she'd spend her retirement leisurely playing tennis, traveling, and indulging in her favorite pastime: ...