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

University of California San Diego researchers have discovered the enzyme responsible for chromothripsis, a process in which ...

Modern tools and good old-fashioned digging revealed royal tombs, World War II shipwrecks, and the oldest Egyptian genome ...

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

The cost of decoding our genetic makeup has plummeted. Just because it’s affordable doesn’t necessarily mean it’s worth doing ...

People typically think about evolution as a linear process where, within a species, the classic adage of "survival of the ...

Vijayawada: As concerns surrounding scrub typhus disease mount after Andhra Pradesh recorded nine suspected deaths linked to ...

Researchers at Duke University used CRISPR technologies to discover previously unannotated stretches of DNA in the ‘dark genome’ that are responsible for controlling how cells sense and respond to the ...

BioQuest announced the “completion of a draft reference genome for the critically endangered Bermuda Cedar [Juniperus ...

A week after a recall for eggs sold from a farm in Dixon was announced, officials on Friday announced how many people became ...

Gene-edited goldenberries clear USDA review, moving closer to farms. Compact plants solve farming challenges for this ...

Thirteen people have been hospitalized in a salmonella outbreak traced to the Dixon-based egg producer Vega Farms. The eggs ...