DNA synthesis is going global. The biosecurity rules aren’t keeping up.

Scientists trace Leonardo da Vinci's DNA through his descendants and family tombs to reconstruct his genetic code.

(THE CONVERSATION) – Genetic diseases can have devastating consequences for the people who inherit them. In recent years, scientists have found that there are human genetic diseases that might be ...

Three conformations of the DNA double helix: A (left), B (center) and left-handed Z (right). Credit: David S. Goodsell and RCSB PDB Three conformations of the DNA double helix: A (left), B (center) ...

Despite awe-inspiring diversity, nearly every lifeform—from bacteria to blue whales—shares the same genetic code. How and when this code came about has been the subject of much scientific controversy.

The genetic code is the recipe for life, and provides the instructions for how to make proteins, generally using just 20 ...

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?

The beauty of the DNA code is that organisms interpret it unambiguously. Each three-letter nucleotide sequence, or codon, in ...

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Researchers identified a new, sticky form of mitochondrial DNA damage that builds up at dramatically higher levels than in ...