We are what we are because of ancient and mysterious genetics.

In 1968, the American biochemist and geneticist Marshall Nirenberg and his colleagues won the Nobel Prize in physiology or ...

For life to get started it may have depended on one of the rarest, and currently most expensive, metals on Earth.

Scientists probing life’s deepest origins have uncovered evidence that the first free-living cells may have emerged not once, but twice. The findings suggest a striking possibility: life may share one ...

When a wound does not heal properly, it leaves a scar. Similarly, mutations—which are permanent changes to genetic code—are ...

From AI models to synthetic DNA screening and outbreak surveillance, there are several points where emerging biological risks ...

Two years ago, at my father’s funeral, I gave a eulogy highlighting a genetic trait that runs through our family: we are ...

In a new study, researchers showed that they could use AI to design 16 functioning viruses not found in nature. The new research fuels concerns that AI could one day create a new category of ...

(Alones Creative/iStock/Getty Images) One of the most iconic visual representations in biological science is the double helix – the twisting, twin-stranded ladder that defines the shape of DNA ...

Scientists at a biotech company have used gene editing to create two hypoallergenic beagles that don't trigger allergies.

So, figuring out how to make a new protein can mean directly tinkering with biochemistry, providing new and potentially ...

TRINIDAD — When Professor Pathmanathan Umaharan scans a bar of Trinidadian chocolate with his centre’s traceability app, he ...