Kanazawa University, have discovered how a gene-regulating protein forms tiny liquid-like droplets inside the cell nucleus ...

Ginkgo Bioworks continues to face a weak demand environment, which has contributed to a lack of growth in recent years. Learn ...

Two bacteriologists showed that mutations arise spontaneously in bacterial cultures, thereby disproving Jean-Baptiste Lamarck ...

I’ve spent weeks following a team of scientists who are trying to answer a question that sounds almost like science fiction: ...

Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) exhibits a degree of resistance to mutagenesis under genotoxic stress, and this study on the mitochondrial Transcription Factor A (TFAM) presents valuable data concerning the ...

Seventh-grade students in the AcLab of LaSalle Springs Middle science teachers Nicole Regan and Danielle Dolan recently had the opportunity to meet with a plant geneticist from the United Kingdom.

Google's tool for predicting how proteins “fold” turns 5 this year. How is it fitting into biological research—and where is ...

Dr. Comfort is a historian of genetics who is completing a biography of James Watson. At first, James Watson terrified me. It ...

He helped to reveal the structure of life’s code, transformed science education and research, and remained a deeply controversial figure to the end.

Would you choose to have a part of your body live on after you died? How might your choice affect your relatives—or even your ...

The discovery of DNA was evidence of how deeply interconnected humans are, but the late scientist saw only difference.

Innovative Team Science programmes at the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences will tackle big questions about ageing, sex differences and health. The transdisciplinary teams will take a 360 view of ...