When he launched a career in biotechnology years later, his childhood fascinations turned him toward the field of synthetic ...

A team from the University of Illinois has uncovered surprising evolutionary links between the genetic code and tiny protein ...

Because of existing UN conventions and protocols, according to environmental law experts, a moratorium would have limited practical impact. For that reason, this debate feels like an era-defining ...

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

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

Human evolution has often been depicted as a process of adaptation, where natural selection and genetic changes drive species ...

GeneDx, Twist Bioscience and Wave Life Sciences are emerging as key players in the fast-growing genomics and synthetic ...

Turning genes on and off is like flipping a light switch, controlling whether genes in a cell are active. When a gene is ...