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

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

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

Because they rely on hosts for a majority of functions, viruses aren’t considered alive. But entities like ‘Sukunaarchaeum ...

Scientists have discovered Sukunaarchaeum mirabile, a unique archaeon residing within marine plankton, challenging traditional definitions of life. Th ...

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

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

Researchers identified the widespread presence of the ionophore resistance genes narA and narB in over 2,400 bacterial ...

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

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

Researchers have identified buried copper ore by testing the DNA of microbes in the surface soil. These ‘biological ...

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