Genetic code surprise: A pond organism in Oxford rewrote two of biology’s three universal stop codons, a first in any known species. Life with fewer amino acids: Columbia scientists engineered E. coli ...

A routine experiment with a new single-cell DNA sequencing method turned into a surprising scientific twist when researchers ...

Scientists used AI to engineer E. coli with only 19 amino acids, unlocking new possibilities in genetics and synthetic ...

New live-cell method: Munich scientists created a process to track gene activity in living cells without destroying them, enabling repeated measurements over days. Genetic code surprise: UK teams ...

Decades of research has viewed DNA as a sequence-based instruction manual; yet every cell in the body shares the same genes – so where is the language that writes the memory of cell identities?

Over the course of natural history, animals and plants have evolved to adapt to an ever-changing environment and increase the chances of survival. So ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Juergen Eckhardt leads Bayer’s impact investment unit, Leaps by Bayer. Some of the year's notable breakthroughs include the first ...

Huntington’s disease is one of the cruelest genetic afflictions a family can endure. The condition, which affects around 41,000 Americans, is the result of an error ...