Ancient evidence suggests a new twist in how we all got here.

Unlike computer code that sits on a device and does what it's told, lab-engineered genes can multiply on their own. While ...

Doctors take a sample of the baby’s blood, usually by pricking its heel, and test for proteins and other markers associated with illnesses such as sickle-cell anemia or cystic fibrosis. The most ...

The AI conversation is still too narrowly framed. Most debates assume intelligence is fundamentally computational, that ...

Gene editing has delivered remarkable results against sickle cell disease. Now researchers are working to make these ...

Researchers have spent decades—and billions of dollars—sequencing animal and crop genomes, but fungi have historically been the forgotten middle child of genomics, only noticed when they're ruining ...

Having the right conditions and raw material for life does not mean that life can originate or arise by chance.

Jason Chin, founder and CSO of Constructive Bio, and Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at the University of ...

Scientists have built a synthetic cell from scratch in a world-first breakthrough that paves the way for creating entirely ...

Nadine and David Lipworth have devoted their lives to finding treatment that will restore the daughter they knew.

Few areas of medicine generate as much fascination, hope, hype, and confusion as genetics. Just over two decades ago, ...

In cancer research, one person's junk is increasingly becoming another person's treasure. Scientists have now uncovered new evidence showing how recently evolved "junk DNA" genetic elements can become ...