Inside every cell, a finely tuned metabolic network determines when to build, recycle, or stop producing essential molecules.

The two main approaches for discovering disease genes reveal distinct aspects of biology, a new study shows. While both ...

The two main approaches for discovering disease genes reveal distinct aspects of biology, a new study shows. While both ...

The human genome is riddled with relics of viral infections—bits of DNA from viruses that have been inserted in human DNA ...

A team of scientists at the University of Seville has identified an essential process that protects DNA integrity in reproductive cells, providing new clues about how organisms avoid genetic defects ...

Scientists have discovered three new species of African tree toads that break one of biology’s best-known rules. Instead of ...

When Napoleon’s once invincible army limped out of Russia in winter 1812, frostbite and hunger were merely half the story.

From CRISPR to gene banking, synthetic biology has big implications for wildlife evolution and conservation, but ethical ...

DNA, often called the blueprint of life, is built from four chemical building blocks known as deoxy-nucleoside triphosphates ...

Google's new AI tool can read DNA like a language, and see immediately if a word substitution will change the meaning of that sentence, the company says. — © AFP ...

Smith, a microbiologist whose discovery revolutionize the field of genetic engineering, was a Johns Hopkins School of ...

A mass grave holding soldiers from Napoleon Bonaparte's French army reveals some of the diseases that killed the Grande Armée ...