Designing the simplest possible living organism artificially may lend clues as to what life is.
Designing the simplest possible living organism artificially may lend clues as to what life is.
An attempt to regrow the infamous GFAJ-1 bacteria, reported to incorporate arsenic into its DNA backbone, has failed.
James Crow, who helped shaped public policy over his 70 year career, passed away last week.
Has life science reached a tipping point in how it handles mountains of genomic information?
The story of a group of high school students who, with the help of a Rockefeller University researcher, conducted and published studies on the biological provenance of sushi and teas from around New York City.
This week, 450 scientists and industry experts gather at the University of Adelaide in Australia to discuss one of the latest fads in biology—species identification with minimal DNA.
Two new techniques identify how often zinc fingers nucleases cleave off-target sites.
A snapshot of the most highly ranked articles in cancer biology and related areas, from Faculty of 1000
The UK’s immigration agency has abandoned a program to develop DNA and isotope testing to assess the nationality of asylum seekers