Scientists sought to work out genetic errors by creating their own artificial genome, which replaced E. coli’s original ...

Essentially all cells in an organism's body have the same genetic blueprint, or genome, but the set of genes that are ...

The team at the Medical Research Council’s Laboratory of Molecular Biology calls their creation Syn57. It is a synthetic ...

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The team studied Rhodotorula toruloides, a red yeast used to produce substances called oleochemicals. Scientists use a ...

Functional genomics, which is seeing how genetic variants behave in biological systems through genetic testing, is offering new hope for African cancer patients.

Essentially all cells in an organism's body have the same genetic blueprint, or genome, but the set of genes that are ...

Northwestern scientists have developed a new nanostructure that supercharges CRISPR’s ability to safely and efficiently enter cells, potentially unlocking its full power to treat genetic diseases. By ...

With the power to rewrite the genetic code underlying countless diseases, CRISPR holds immense promise to revolutionize medicine. But until scientists can deliver its gene-editing machinery safely and ...

An organic sulfur compound known as a thioester spontaneously catalyzing the binding of RNA to amino acids may be where it ...