Programmable CRISPR tools are turning stem cell biology into something closer to software engineering, shrinking ...

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

An archaeon reads the same codon in two different ways, overturning a doctrine that has stood for 60 years. Living organisms ...

Today's biomedical researchers are relentlessly searching for genes that drive disease, with the goal of creating therapies ...

Even as they develop at their primary site, pancreatic cancer cells are already expressing the genes that will determine ...

All cells need to sense and respond to their environment, to know when to activate genes, build proteins, and carry out their ...

The research team led by Professor Jongmin Kim from the Department of Life Sciences at POSTECH, along with graduate students Hyunseop Goh and Seungdo Choi, has successfully developed the 'Synthetic ...

Valerie Reinke, a geneticist whose research explores gene regulation in germ cells, was recently appointed the Harvey and Kate Cushing Professor of Genetics. The appointment, which was approved ...

Researchers discovered that a tiny structural feature of the enzyme GPX4 helps keep neurons safe. A rare mutation removes ...

The team also points to how its finding could help some rare genetic disorders such as Hemansky-Pudlak syndrome, which can cause issues with blood clotting, vision problems, albinism and more. “We’re ...