A team led by University of Pittsburgh's Graham Hatfull has developed a method to construct bacteriophages with entirely ...

A new gene-editing technique enables the correction of multiple genetic mutations simultaneously, transforming the prospects ...

Scientists found that DNA’s phosphate groups can direct chemical reactions to make the correct mirror-image form of drug ...

Understanding how cells turn genes on and off is one of biology's most enduring mysteries. Now, a new technology developed by ...

The discovery of a new mechanism of resistance to common antibiotics could pave the way for improved treatments for harmful ...

Plant biologists have developed a method for growing transgenic and gene-edited plants that cuts the slow and expensive ...

DNA replication is a fundamental process essential for bacterial growth and survival. Initiation begins at the chromosomal origin (oriC), where the conserved initiator protein DnaA assembles into an ...

A new platform developed at Scripps Research enables fast, scalable protein evolution. This potentially opens the door to new therapies and diagnostics. In addition, the technology may aid scientists ...

ETH Zurich scientists have created “MetaGraph,” a revolutionary DNA search engine that functions like Google for genetic data. By compressing global genomic datasets by a factor of 300, it allows ...

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and UCL have analyzed ancient DNA from Borrelia recurrentis, a type of bacteria that causes relapsing fever, pinpointing when it evolved to spread through ...