Scientists are researching ways to genetically modify plants and animals to be more resistant to threats like climate change.

Preserving DNA in biological samples has long posed a challenge for researchers, but the process may be about to get a lot ...

Researchers from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) have now published a pioneering analysis that reveals new ...

Depending on the setting, the ability of a crucial bacterium in biotechnology—Agrobacterium tumefaciens—to transfer its DNA ...

MetaGraph compresses vast data archives into a search engine for scientists, opening up new frontiers of biological discovery ...

This important study uses innovative microfluidics-based single-cell imaging to monitor replicative lifespan, protein localization, and intracellular iron levels in aging yeast cells. The evidence for ...

You can always be judged by your scars. This is the idea that sums up one of the new advances in basic and biomedical ...

Companies that make DNA for science labs screen out any requests for dangerous bits of genetic material. But a new study ...

US scientists testing the technique say it could help people overcome infertility and potentially allow same-sex couples to have a genetically related child.

Scientists are exploring how RNA might have jump-started life four billion years ago and how it's now advancing drug ...

A revamped CDC advisory committee faces vaccine debates, studies reveal brain changes in athletes, and climate change drives deadly heat waves across Europe. First, let’s check in on vaccines. On ...

The genomic DNA of most bacteria is significantly underwound, which constrains the DNA molecule to adopt a branched plectoneme geometry. Moreover, biological functions like replication and ...