Fifty years since its discovery, scientists have finally worked out how a molecular machine found in mitochondria, the 'powerhouses' of our cells, allows us to make the fuel we need from sugars, a ...

Scientists report adaptive divergence in cryptic color pattern is underlain by two distinct, complex chromosomal rearrangements, where millions of bases of DNA were flipped backwards and moved from ...

An INRS research team has identified a new family of enzymes that can make precise cuts in single-stranded DNA. A few years ...

Is Rosalind Franklin a ghost that still haunts the history of genomic science? Alan Booth looks into her remarkable story ...

The genome database will open up the possibility of personalised medicine, and faster and efficient diagnostics. It will also ...

Are you preparing for UPSC CSE 2025? Here are questions from GS paper 3 for this week with essential points as the fodder for ...

Developed from a derivative of the immune system of bacteria, CRISPR enables double strands of nucleotides in ...

Differences among the DNA of seven ape species—including humans—are greater than originally thought, according to an ...

Researchers say they have mapped more than 200,000 cells in a cubic millimeter of brain tissue and have traced how they're ...

Gene editing and many other useful biotechnology tools came from studies of bacteria fighting off viral invaders. But ...

St. Luke's launched a community health research study called 'DNA Answers,' a free screening that analyzes DNA, determining if you're at a higher risk for certain kinds of cancers and ...