In the vast and often unseen world of microscopic life, a recent discovery may force scientists to rethink what it means to ...

CRISPR is revolutionizing medicine by enabling precise DNA edits, treating genetic diseases like sickle cell anemia and ...

It has genes for ribosomes, tRNAs, and mRNAs. These components are the scaffolding of life: the tools by which cells read ...

Powerful new applications of what is known as next-generation sequencing are now helping with identification of degraded ...

New study shows AI can predict if Listeria bacteria will survive common food industry disinfectants, helping improve food safety and cleaning protocols.

The Synthetic Human Genome Project (SynHG) will take decades to complete and cost anything from millions to hundreds of ...

A team of researchers is beginning work on creating new tools that could eventually lead to the synthesis of the human genome ...

Scientists have created a near-copy of the long-extinct dire wolf. Using advanced CRISPR gene editing tech, it now looks ...

The Synthetic Human Genome, or Syn HG, a project launched on June 26th, aims to change that. Funded partly by Wellcome, a ...

In a groundbreaking scientific discovery, an international research team has successfully sequenced the first whole ancient ...

Researchers have recovered and sequenced Mycobacterium lepromatosis genomes from 4,000-year-old human remains in Chile, ...

Scientists are warning that a project aiming to build human DNA from scratch could lead to new types of warfare and is a ...