Researchers demonstrated that it is feasible to encode executable payloads into synthetic DNA that, once sequenced and ...

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.

Analysis of more than 1 million people shows that mental-health disorders fall into five clusters, each of them linked to a ...

The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. A short explanation of relists is available here. It’s only December, but the Supreme ...

Researchers from ETH Zurich have succeeded in introducing large quantities of unnatural amino acids into bacteria, enabling ...

One therapy wey pipo bin once reason as achievement for science fiction don reverse aggressive and incurable blood cancers ...

The code of life is now editable and the question humanity must answer in the 2020s is not whether we can rewrite it—but whether we should, and for whom.

Scientists at UCL and GOSH have used groundbreaking base-edited CAR‑T cell therapy — BE‑CAR7 — to treat aggressive T‑cell ...

If someone — like a disgruntled scientist, terror group, or rogue nation — were to synthesize and unleash smallpox, we could see the reemergence of a disease that killed three out of 10 people it ...

It’s been hypothesized for decades that life on Earth may not have been as “homegrown” as one might think and now, we’re ...

This year, the researchers announced they had designed two antibiotics to go after superbugs. The AI combined millions of ...

Newly Discovered Link Between Traumatic Brain Injury In Children And Epigenetic Changes Could Help Personalize Treatment For Recovering Kids. A newly discovered biological signal in the blood could ...