This narrated animation illustrates the process of protein synthesis, starting with chromosomal DNA inside the cell's nucleus. A gene is transcribed into messenger RNA, which leaves the nucleus and ...

Genes are the building blocks of life, and the genetic code provides the instructions for the complex processes that make ...

How does the cell convert DNA into working proteins? The process of translation can be seen as the decoding of instructions for making proteins, involving mRNA in transcription as well as tRNA. But ...

What makes every person unique? Part of the answer is in our genes.

Scientists are uncovering the secrets of a fast-acting molecular messaging network that strongly influences how people and all organisms adjust and react to the world around them.

Thanks to AI, we just got stunningly powerful tools to decode life. Proteins are the minions of life. They form our bodies, fuel our metabolism, and are the target of most of today’s medicine. They ...

Researchers at the University of Bath have discovered how DNA damage caused by a faulty DNA protection and repair system can ...

The work, described in a preprint paper, has the potential to create new treatments and accelerate research into artificially ...