Researchers discover a unique genetic code in Antarctic archaea that encodes a rare amino acid, potentially advancing protein ...

Scientists first read the human genome, a three-billion-letter biological book, in April 2003. Since then, researchers have steadily advanced the ability to write DNA, moving far beyond single-gene ...

Professor Idit Maya, a senior physician and manager of the Nephrogenetic Clinic and Genomic School for Physicians at Rabin ...

The pursuit to fulfill this mandate not only brings clarity to our meaning and purpose in this world, but it also creates the ...

Little is known about why the woolly rhinoceros went extinct around 14,000 years ago. Scientists have found clues in the ...

Ever see a basset hound and find yourself wanting to (gently) grab its long, floppy ears and give them a little waggle?The ...

Innovative research into the gene-editing tool targets influenza’s ability to replicate—stopping it in its tracks.

A stretch of viral DNA in the mouse genome gives cells in early-stage embryos the potential to become almost any cell type in ...

How to balance patient confidentiality with your ethical and legal duties to inform family of hereditary risks.

The platypus is one of evolution's lovable, oddball animals. The creature seems to defy well-understood rules of biology by ...

While codons (combinations of three nucleotides) may vary in which do what functions, a long-standing rule was that each codon serves one specific purpose. New evidence, however suggests that ...