Synthetic biologists from Yale were able to re-write the genetic code of an organism—a novel genomically recoded organism ...

has raised funds with the aim of repairing the human genome. (Whether such a plan would ever be feasible across broad swaths of cells is another matter: “I don’t think you can get rid of the mutations ...

“Instead of the genome acting as a storage bin for information ... Across every tissue in the human body, this process is associated with diseases of aging like cancer, Alzheimer’s, atherosclerosis, ...

Postdoctoral scholar Daniela Soto has earned a prestigious fellowship from HHMI with eight years of funding to study the ...

A new Weizmann Institute study identified all of the proteins in a stool sample – those from the microbiome, the human body and food – revealing the hidden secrets of the intestines and their impact o ...

"The human genome contains a myriad of CREs ... stem cells (a type of artificial stem cell made from a normal body cell). The study revealed several key insights. Across the three cell types ...

that can predict thousands of genome structures in minutes, making it much speedier than existing methods for ... Zika Uses Human Skin as 'Mosquito Magnet' to Spread Virus Further Jan. 30 ...

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center researchers are helping to map the landscape of viruses that infect us all, and to analyze the impact they have on human health and disease.

Not only is the banana slug the endearing mascot for UC Santa Cruz — making the project fitting for campus researchers — but ...

Once inside human cells, HIV integrates the viral genome into that of the human host. Ultimately, the virus uses our body's machinery to produce copies of itself and spread infection. The HIV-1 ...