Life runs on instructions you never see. Every cell reads DNA, turns that message into RNA, and then builds proteins that ...

WTOP’s Matt Kaufax takes an even deeper dive into the Smithsonian Natural History Museum’s “Ocean Library” through DNA collection.

It could transform our understanding of why diseases develop and the medicines needed to treat them, says researchers.

The researchers took a “safety-first” approach. They deliberately excluded all viruses that infect humans or animals from the ...

DNA contains foundational information needed to sustain life. Understanding how this information is stored and organized has been one of the greatest scientific challenges of the last century. With ...

DNA provides the foundational library of possibilities, but the environment serves as the librarian, choosing which books are ...

Scientists have made the first step towards creating new species in the lab. Researchers have used artificial intelligence to ...

A new theory that explains why the language of our genes is more complex than it needs to be also suggests that the primordial soup where life began on earth was hot and not cold, as many scientists ...

The discovery of catalytic RNA transformed our understanding of life's beginnings. Clare Sansom explores how the RNA world ...

DNA is often called the blueprint of life, but what does that really mean? Elizabeth Worthey, Ph.D., associate professor, Department of Genetics in the Heersink School of Medicine, explains everything ...

Researchers reckon it could dramatically accelerate understanding of how DNA influences disease, cancer, and drug discovery.