New research shows it’s possible to edit the DNA of human embryos with more precision. But scientists warn it’s still not ...

While these are not artificial life forms created entirely from scratch, the work demonstrates an unprecedented level of control over the genetic software that powers living cells — and could reshape ...

Base editing, the process used to make the changes, only nicks one strand of DNA, avoiding the major DNA errors that made ...

A research team led by the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) has revealed how the genome is reorganized in 3D during ...

This video explains the stages of mitosis, contrasts them with meiosis and the creation of haploid gametes, and concludes by ...

If that sounds like the original vision of OpenAI—a big AI lab that started life as a high-minded non-profit—that, says Dr ...

Two endangered Maugean skates have been returned to Tasmania’s Macquarie Harbour after more than two years in captivity. But ...

Frogs that hatch during the cooler months of December through April are exposed to fewer infected frogs, but those they do ...

Full-body defense does not always look the way textbooks say it should. In planarian flatworms, a newly identified cell type ...

Most people on Earth are habitats for mites that spend the majority of their brief lives burrowed, head-first, in our hair ...

Learn how SpudCell, a synthetic cell built from chemical parts, can grow, divide, copy its DNA, and bring life-like behavior ...