At the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, scientists created a new way to tell someone’s age using just a bit of DNA. This ...

Scientists have created Syn57, a completely synthetic bacterium with a genetic code unlike anything in nature. Unlike all known life, which uses 64 codons to build proteins, Syn57 only uses 57 — ...

When scientists cracked the human genome in 2003—sequencing the entire genetic code of a human being—many expected it would ...

Beyond calories and nutrients, our diet contains 26,000+ compounds — most unstudied “nutritional dark matter.” ...

When scientists cracked the human genome in 2003 – sequencing the entire genetic code of a human being – many expected it would unlock the secrets of disease. But genetics explained only ...

Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning continues to reign at Number 1 on this week’s Official Film Chart.

People diagnosed with myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME)/chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) have significant differences in their DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid), compared to those without the condition, ...

Transfer RNAs (tRNAs) are a type of non-coding ribonucleic acid (ncRNA) that carry specific amino acids and recognize unique messenger RNA (mRNA) sequences. The pairing of a tRNA to its compatible ...

A new generation of CRISPR technology developed at UNSW Sydney offers a safer path to treating genetic diseases like Sickle Cell, while also proving beyond doubt that chemical tags on DNA - often ...

When scientists cracked the human genome in 2003 - sequencing the entire genetic code of a human being - many expected it would unlock the secrets ...

How does a gene, which consists of a string of DNA hidden in a cell's nucleus, know when it should express itself? How does this gene cause the production of a string of amino acids called a protein?

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