The terms “synthetic” and “ultra-processed” are widely (and opportunistically) used as warning labels and marketing ...

The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from longtime Texas death row inmate Rodney Reed who has sought to test crime-scene ...

Researchers have created the first living synthetic bacterium made from non-living parts by killing a bacterial cell and then ...

Scientists are exploring DNA-based robots, tiny molecular machines that could one day navigate the body, deliver targeted therapies, and even build nanoscale technologies.

A newly identified cellular system monitors subtle variations in genetic coding, hinting at a hidden level of control over ...

Claims that genes determine intelligence, health and social outcomes are reappearing. But modern science shows environment and opportunity matter far more than genes.

His method of locating genes in human DNA allowed researchers to find disease-causing genes, and later to map the entire, ...

Researchers at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine) have developed a ...

Discover how CRISPR genome editing is revolutionizing medicine. Learn the science of Cas9, current clinical trials, and the ...

If NIH prioritizes human-based science in its ongoing overhaul of biosafety policies, the oversight system that has evolved for review of a wide-swath of biological research could atrophy and expose ...

Most DNA extraction protocols were originally developed for manual pipetting and later adapted for liquid handlers. In ...

The U.S. Pharmacopeia has approved synthetic alternatives to horseshoe crab blood for bacterial endotoxin testing, a ...