A routine experiment with a new single-cell DNA sequencing method turned into a surprising scientific twist when researchers ...

In a shallow pond at Oxford University Parks, surrounded by dog walkers and rowing crews, a single-celled organism has been ...

Researchers at the University of Oregon have developed an artificial intelligence tool that can read genetic code the way ...

Genetic rule breaker: A newly identified protist replaces two standard stop codons with amino acids, defying one of biology’s most consistent systems. Accidental discovery: Researchers found the ...

Most hypotheses suggest that earlier forms of life had partial genetic codes and used fewer than 20 amino acids. To test ...

DNA stores our genetic code. What if it could also be integrated with electronics to store and read other information?

Lamia Wahba is studying how information outside the genetic code can pass between generations and what that means for ...

Scientists from the Earlham Institute accidentally discovered a single-celled microorganism that violates one of the ...

Scientists have sequenced DNA from one of humans' closest relatives, the Neanderthal. Guests examine what that prehistoric genetic code might tell us about how these early hominids lived, and why they ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Recent breakthroughs in genetics research may have uncovered new genes underlying common psychiatric disorders. Schizophrenia and ...

Epigenome editing has followed a similar path, in that more recent technological breakthroughs have enabled scientists to apply the discoveries made in previous decades. Epigenome editing performs a ...