For decades, the dream of slowing aging has hovered at the edge of science fiction, more marketing slogan than medical ...

Scientists discovered that certain gene changes allow cells to function even when frataxin, the protein lost in Friedreich’s ...

In a new study published in Nature, scientists have successfully developed genetically modified mosquitoes in Tanzania that ...

Leading synthetic biologists have shared hard-won lessons from their decade-long quest to build the world's first synthetic ...

Scientists who built the first synthetic eukaryotic genome share hard-won lessons that could accelerate engineering of crops, ...

Arpita Bose and Zhecheng Zhang explore genetic tools in environmental microbes, citing applications in extracellular electron transfer ...

Friedreich’s ataxia (FA) is a rare but devastating genetic disorder. Those with the condition are often diagnosed between 5 and 15 years of age and live only into their 30s or 40s. There is no widely ...

Programmable CRISPR tools are turning stem cell biology into something closer to software engineering, shrinking ...

The United States DNA polymerase market is projected to reach USD 246.9 million by 2035, supported by rising investments in ...

Plants have developed an extraordinary ability to synthesize a diverse array of secondary metabolites. These compounds are ...

Spaceflight, genetic tinkering, and the psychological implications of technological acceleration are explored with accuracy ...

An archaeon reads the same codon in two different ways, overturning a doctrine that has stood for 60 years. Living organisms ...