Researchers at the University of Minnesota say they have built thefirst synthetic cell made entirely from non-living chemical ...

What makes something alive? We simply don't know, but synthetic biologists are a step closer to providing an answer thanks to ...

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

Scientists say they have built a cell from scratch for the first time that feeds, grows and replicates like a natural cell, a ...

From chemical building blocks, scientists have created synthetic cells that have most of the hallmarks of life.

The viral type 2 internal ribosome entry site uses a unique mechanism to hijack the host ribosomal machinery by interacting with initiator tRNA and 40S head.

The University of Sheffield, UK is inviting applications for its BSc Biochemistry course starting in September 2026.

In this course we will explore scientific advances propelled by research at the interface of organic chemistry and molecular biology. The field of chemical biology involves the manipulation of ...

Before a cell can divide, it has to precisely duplicate its entire genetic information. However, the DNA in the cell exists as part of a DNA-protein complex known as chromatin. For this purpose, the ...

MIT researchers have found that tiny DNA loops persist even as cells divide, challenging the idea that the genome resets during mitosis. These structures may explain how cells retain genetic ...

DNA is the blueprint for life, influencing everything about us—including our health. We know that our genes, the genetic “words” that encode proteins, play a major role in health and disease. But the ...

A blue-and-gray 3D representation of a strand of DNA with other strands floating in the background. Google has officially released its AlphaGenome machine learning model, which can predict the ...