Although heart cells and skin cells contain identical instructions for creating proteins encoded in their DNA, they're able ...

Smith, a microbiologist whose discovery revolutionize the field of genetic engineering, was a Johns Hopkins School of Medicine alumnus and professor emeritus ...

A new study reveals that 93% of fish species live outside previously known ranges, using DNA from seawater to uncover hidden marine biodiversity.

Arabidopsis thaliana was always an unlikely candidate for the limelight. But 25 years ago, the diminutive thale cress ...

Acute myeloid leukemia driven by tandem duplications within the UBTF gene (UBTF-TD AML) is a high-risk pediatric cancer in ...

Understanding how cells turn genes on and off is one of biology's most enduring mysteries. Now, a new technology developed by chemist Brian Liau and his collaborators at Harvard offers an ...

DNA in seawater revealed that 93% of fish species live beyond known ranges, exposing major gaps in global marine biodiversity ...

DNA runs on just four letters, but scientists have now added new ones—and the code still works. This breakthrough could reshape medicine, biology, and even the definition of life.

For decades, scientists believed the essence of life was written solely in four chemical bases: A, C, T, and G. Together, ...

Our experiences leave traces in the brain, stored in small groups of cells called engrams. Engrams are thought to hold the ...