A review of the recent developments in reprogramming the genetic code of cells and organisms to include non-canonical amino acids in precisely engineered proteins.

Essentially all cells in an organism's body have the same genetic blueprint, or genome, but the set of genes that are ...

The new system developed by Professor Chad Mirkin delivers CRISPR machinery more safely and effectively into cells.

Scientists are uncovering the secrets of a fast-acting molecular messaging network that strongly influences how people and ...

Researchers have identified a large number of areas in the human genetic code that are involved in regulating the way in which the liver functions, in a new study of over 61,000 people, published ...

Scientists sought to work out genetic errors by creating their own artificial genome, which replaced E. coli’s original ...

Evolution settled on a genetic code that uses four letters to name 20 amino acids. Synthetic biologists adding new bases to DNA will be free to improve on nature — if they can.

Researchers show simpler versions of the universal genetic code can still function in protein synthesis. In addition to understanding early primordial organisms, the research could lead to ...

The Common Genetic Code Paul Nurse demonstrated that a strain of yeast with a defective gene could use the human version of that gene to repair itself.

The universality of the genetic code indicates a common ancestry among all living organisms and the essential role this code plays in the structure, function and regulation of biological cells.

Once dismissed as “junk” DNA, ancient viruses embedded in the human genome play a key role in early human development, ...