Genes are the building blocks of life, and the genetic code provides the instructions for the complex processes that make ...

The Da Vinci Code could finally be cracked after 500 years. Well, not exactly the code you’re thinking of – not the one Tom Hanks was hung up over in the film or the famous illustration of the ...

The genetic code, a universal blueprint for life, governs how DNA and RNA sequences translate into proteins. While its ...

In an unprecedented leap in scientific discovery, a new lifeform has been constructed using a mere 57 genetic instructions.

Scientists says they've mapped the DNA sequences of avocado - meaning future fruit can be modified to survive climate change. Once scientists say they've cracked the genetic code of avocado, they can ...

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

Now, in a new study published in Nature, scientists from the University of Geneva, EPFL, and collaborators in the U.S. have ...

Did you know that many of us have up to 4% neanderthal DNA? Did you know that many of us have up to 4% neanderthal DNA? And that 100% of your DNA may come from outer space? No joke. The biochemistry ...

As one of the inventors of next-generation DNA sequencing, Sir Shankar Balasubramanian could claim to be responsible for a revolution in the life sciences. Balasubramanian and chemist David Klenerman, ...

Sweetpotato, a critical food crop for millions, has finally had its genetic code fully decoded after decades of mystery.

Researchers believe that's partly down to the spider's 'dark DNA' - a mysterious part of the animal's genetic code, and they ...

Scientists says they've mapped the DNA sequences of avocado - meaning future fruit can be modified to survive climate change. Once scientists say they've cracked the genetic code of avocado, they can ...