When people think of DNA, they usually think of genes, the parts that code for proteins and drive inherited traits. But there ...

Every living cell must interpret its genetic code - a sequence of chemical letters that governs countless cellular functions.

Every living cell must interpret its genetic code—a sequence of chemical letters that governs countless cellular functions. A ...

Today, genomics is saving countless lives and even entire species, thanks in large part to a commitment to collaborative and ...

The human genetic code will be built from scratch by British scientists in a controversial new research project. The £10 million scheme to synthesise DNA is being funded by the Wellcome Trust and ...

Artificial human DNA, or synthetic DNA (synDNA), would be made without biological parents by instead using chemicals. SynHG ...

This newly found organism doesn’t act like a virus or a cell, and that could change everything we know about biology.