A team from the University of Illinois has uncovered surprising evolutionary links between the genetic code and tiny protein ...

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

Philadelphia Eagles fans will soon have a new way to leap into the Saquon Barkley story. The second-year Eagles running back is the subject of an Amazon Prime documentary that will be released on the ...

The decision is an important win for prosecutors and a blow for the defense team that challenged the validity of this type of technology that specializes in extracting nuclear DNA from damaged or ...

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Most organisms on Earth have the same basic genetic code, but it comes with some flaws. Scientists sought to work out those errors by creating their own artificial genome, which replaced E. coli’s ...

Academy Award-winning director Paul Wagner borrows from his subject’s palette to paint a vivid portrait of one of the most renowned female artists of the 20th century in “Georgia O’Keeffe: The ...

A new documentary mining the behind-the-scenes magic that made "Degrassi" a teen television sensation will premiere in September. Beyond Drake, no doubt the biggest star to come out of the show, the ...

Scientists have created Syn57, a completely synthetic bacterium with a genetic code unlike anything in nature. Unlike all known life, which uses 64 codons to build proteins, Syn57 only uses 57 — ...

The code of life is simple. Four genetic letters arranged in triplets—called codons—encode amino acids. These are the building blocks of proteins, the machinery that powers life. But the genetic code ...

Genetic testing of IVF-created embryos could help more women over 35 have a baby in less time, a clinical trial by researchers from King's College London, King's College Hospital, and King's Fertility ...