The DecodeME study, said to be the largest of its kind in the world, uncovered eight areas of genetic code in people with ...

A research team has investigated the genetic mechanisms underlying hibernation, but what could this research mean for human ...

In a giant feat of genetic engineering, scientists have created bacteria that make proteins in a radically different way than ...

A group of Chinese scientists has created powerful new tools that allow them to edit large chunks of DNA with incredible ...

"The genetic code is nearly optimal for numerous functions," said Joanna Masel, senior author and professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Arizona. "It’s a mind ...

When we think about the blueprint of life, we tend to focus on DNA—the genetic code stored in every cell of our bodies. But ...

Proteins sustain life as we know it, serving many important structural and functional roles throughout the body. But these ...

Barbara Rae-Venter never anticipated that her genealogy hobby would lead to the capture of one of California's most notorious ...

The genetic code appeared on Earth at the origin of life, and the codes of culture arrived almost four billion years later. For a long time it has been assumed that these are the only codes that exist ...

The recoded bacterium uses only 57 of the 64 possible genetic codes, freeing up seven to be used for different purposes ...

Published: July 27, 2023 8:25am EDT Nearly all life, from bacteria to humans, uses the same genetic code. This code acts as a dictionary, translating genes into the amino acids used to build proteins.

Researchers in Spain have cracked the genetic code of the immortal jellyfish, so-called because it can repeatedly rejuvenate itself – a feat scientists hope can lead to advances in how to treat ...