A vast stretch of islands across the South Pacific holds one of the oldest human stories on Earth. For tens of thousands of ...

All living organisms are known to inherit genes, DNA sequences that contain instructions for producing specific proteins and ...

Every time a cell copies its DNA, parts of the genome are exposed and vulnerable to damage or errors. Molecular biologist ...

Air pollution may switch off genes that make healthy sperm, scientists have discovered. Previous studies have shown that men ...

A groundbreaking study of over 2,000 men reveals that exposure to common outdoor pollutants causes epigenetic changes in ...

A new study from researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has uncovered how one of the most common ...

In this series, ‘Genomics 101’, we go back to basics and explore some of the most important topics in genomics. In this blog, ...

A prototype cell partly capable of replicating itself has been created using 36 existing bacterial genes, but it's not really ...

In the study of bacteria, a longstanding dogma has held that two molecular machines—RNA polymerase, which leads the way in transcribing DNA into RNA, and ribosomes, which bring up the rear translating ...

The Indian government has strengthened oversight of cell and gene therapies by bringing the novel modalities into the ...

Researchers from the Cancer Science Institute of Singapore (CSI Singapore) at NUS have developed a new method that allows ...

Study found that a certain type of flavour can put smokers at greater risk of cancer, heart, immune and respiratory ...