Eukaryotes are organisms whose cells contain a nucleus. From protozoa to human beings, all have the same basic biological ...

Genes are the building blocks of life, and the genetic code provides the instructions for the complex processes that make organisms function. But how and why did it come to be the way it is? "We find ...

The largest genetic map of human metabolism reveals new insights on the role of metabolites in health and disease.

These are the "letters" that make up DNA's code ... the traits of each parent carried equal weight when contributing to the offspring. Mendel's experiments proved otherwise. He showed that some traits ...

Researchers work in a mobile Fire-Eye laboratory in Beijing in June 2020. The labs can identify coronavirus infections, as well as decipher and analyze human DNA. (Fu ...

Her computations allow physicians to more quickly diagnose and treat life-threatening genetic diseases. Sneha Goenka is one of MIT Technology Review’s 2025 Innovators Under 35. Meet the rest of this ...

It's not just the dazzling colours and slick moves of Australia's dancing spiders that make them special. There are more than 100 different species of the peacock spider, whereas most animals have ...

Genetic editing holds promise to treat incurable diseases, but the most popular method — CRISPR — sometimes does more harm than good. A new study from University of California San Diego and Yale ...

Colossal Biosciences has just had a major breakthrough in its attempt to revive the dodo bird from extinction. What are the ...

With a clearer picture of which genes are most involved in root development, plant breeders can target traits like yield, ...

DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is the nucleic acid polymer that forms the genetic code for a cell or virus. Most DNA molecules consist of two polymers (double-stranded) of four nucleotides that each ...

CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing exploits the CRISPR-Cas system to modify a genome in a targeted manner. Guided by RNA, the Cas9 endonuclease breaks DNA at a target sequence. Imprecise repair of the double ...