Thousands of previously “invisible” microproteins—tiny chains of fewer than 100 amino acids—can profoundly change human ...

Two independent research teams have unveiled near-complete reference genomes of the central bearded dragon, a reptile with ...

This AI system can analyze up to one million DNA letters at once, predicting how tiny changes in noncoding regions trigger everything from cancer to rare genetic disorders—and potentially revolutioniz ...

When soybean plants survive attacks from insects and periods of drought, they remember. While plants don't remember in the ...

Rice chalkiness reduced by identifying Chalk9 gene, improving grain quality across rice varieties, as reported in Nature ...

A good portion of human DNA is what scientists refer to as "junk" -- stuff left over from ancient viruses and such. But maybe ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have identified a gene responsible for the biological immortality of the ...

The ability to correct disease-causing genetic mistakes using genome editors holds great promise in medicine, but it is not without risk. When this type of "genetic surgery" is performed on DNA, for ...

Elucidating the relationship between the sequences of non-coding regulatory elements and their target genes is key to understanding gene regulation and its variation between plant species and ...

Let’s return to your gene synthesis company. Today, six customers are seated in the waiting room just outside your office door. Most customers order benign DNA that you can provide without worry, like ...