Neuroblastoma can be a particularly insidious cancer. In about half of all cases, tumors regress, even without therapy. In ...

In medicine and biotechnology, the ability to evolve proteins with new or improved functions is crucial, but current methods ...

Breakthrough AI-powered genome editing tools now enable full chromosome manipulation—ushering in a new era of gene therapy and bioethics.

Scientists have discovered a unique marine microbe, sukunaarchaeum, that defies traditional definitions of life.

Like AI, cells change and learn from experience, while unlike computer chips they arrive naturally preprogrammed ...

The human genome consists of 3 billion base pairs, and when a cell divides, it takes about seven hours to complete making a ...

ORACLE, a powerful new tool that speeds up evolution, allowing scientists to design and improve proteins thousands of times ...

DNA replication is a fundamental biological process that enables the accurate duplication of an organism’s genetic material. This intricate mechanism ensures that each new cell receives a complete set ...

In a giant feat of genetic engineering, scientists have created bacteria that make proteins in a radically different way than ...

Cell-free gene synthesis eliminates the need for bacterial cloning, which has been the conventional method for high-quality gene-length DNA production. Cloning involves lengthy culturing steps, is ...

Hostile takeover New imaging tools reveal how herpesvirus sets up shop in an infected cell. The microscopy technique, called STORM-PAINT, involves tagging DNA molecules with fluorescent probes.