Researchers at the Max Delbrück Center have developed a new method to discover how DNA controls genes. Their technique, ...

For decades, scientists thought the noncoding parts of DNA were useless leftovers. Today, that view has completely changed.

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

Chimpanzees, along with bonobos, are humans' closest living relatives. In fact, you may have heard that humans and chimps ...

At the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, scientists created a new way to tell someone’s age using just a bit of DNA. This ...

Launched in 2020, initiative seeks to build vast 'digital bank of life' to protect biodiversity amid accelerating species ...

Scientists are uncovering the secrets of a fast-acting molecular messaging network that strongly influences how people and ...

A group of scientists has sequenced the genome of a man who was buried in Egypt around 4,500 years ago. The study offers rare ...

The scientists also found that the genetic code for these tiny proteins is hidden in areas of our DNA that were previously thought to be non-coding, containing random code rather than instructions ...

DNA vaccines would be much easier to store than mRNA alternatives and should be as effective as conventional vaccines that contain live viruses ...