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

Whether you turn red when drinking alcohol, dislike certain smells, or metabolize drugs differently from others, the ...

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

The universal features that define genomic regions acting as replication origins remain unclear. In this study, we mapped a set of origins in Trypanosoma brucei using stranded short nascent strand ...

In the past twenty years, major technological advances in extracting and analyzing DNA have transformed the ability to ...

A closeup look at colibactin’s structure reveals chemical motifs that guide its mutation-wreaking “warheads” to specific stretches of DNA.

The DNA Diagnostics Market is set to surge from USD 13.07 billion in 2024 to USD 21.69 billion by 2030, growing at a CAGR of 8.81%. Key trends driving this growth include the emergence of liquid ...

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

More than a decade after the first Neanderthal genome was sequenced, scientists are still working to understand how ...

The project provides a baseline for tracking microbial-population shifts with land-use changes and global warming.

Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the oldest and deadliest infectious diseases we know. It commonly impacts the lungs, but can also affect other areas of the body like the spine, brain or kidneys.

MUTE-Seq is a new liquid-biopsy method powered by an engineered ultra-precise CRISPR enzyme, FnCas9-AF2, which can ...