Scientists start a controversial project to create the building blocks of human life, in what is thought to be a world first.

In a step toward treating mitochondrial diseases, researchers in the Netherlands have successfully edited harmful mutations ...

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and UCL have shown that genetic messages are misplaced in nerve cells in a model ...

Researchers discovered that HSV-1 (herpes simplex virus) actively reshapes the 3D layout of human DNA within hours of ...

Moving toward clinical development, the researchers demonstrated efficient delivery of mRNA mitochondrial base editors using ...

Not all DNA looks like the familiar twisted ladder. Sometimes, parts of our genetic code fold into unusual shapes. One such ...

Now Google’s DeepMind division says it’s made a leap in trying to understand the code with AlphaGenome, an AI model that ...

A Denisovan skull has been identified for the first time. The find was based on proteins and calcified dental plaque ...

Macquarie University researchers have discovered a naturally occurring protein found in human cells plays a powerful role in ...