Conservation genomics is a bold new tool for protecting life on earth, but it will take all of us to slow the extinction ...

From the Black Death to the COVID-19 pandemic, combining the genetic data of a pathogen with historical records, ...

At the heart of life is an information-rich molecule, DNA, bearing a language-based code that specifies the construction of ...

“Caffeine definitely plays a role in inhibiting oxidative stress, something which damages cells in the brain and is one of the biggest features of Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s,” says Ralph ...

Craig Venter has died aged 79. He was at the forefront of sequencing the human genome and of synthetic biology, but divided opinion in how he went about it ...

A risk-taking outsider, he brought speed, competition and controversy to one of science’s biggest races. By Nicholas Wade J. Craig Venter, a scientist and entrepreneur who raced to decode the human ...

Scientists analyze 22,000 genomes documenting hundreds of genetic changes due to natural selection over the past 10,000 years, including variants linked to celiac disease and multiple sclerosis ...

Ribosomal RNA (rRNA), made from many copies of ribosomal DNA (rDNA), is the core component that powers ribosomes—protein-building machines in our body. It helps build proteins by linking amino acids ...

CRISPR Cas9 genome editing has transformed the way scientists approach gene therapy, acting like precise DNA scissors that can target and repair hereditary diseases at the genetic level. This ...

David Botstein, Princeton’s Anthony B. Evnin ‘62 Professor of Genomics, Emeritus, and an emeritus professor of molecular biology and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, died on Feb.

A new study from Kiel University shows how the massive exchange of mobile genetic elements between fungi can impair their effectiveness against insects and ticks. Microbial fungi, such as the genus ...