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

Biomedical engineers at Duke University have demonstrated a promising new approach that could be used to treat a rare and ...

The study revealed that a gene common in some bats can reduce the production of the SARS-CoV-2 virus by up to 90%, which could help lead to new medical approaches to combating viral diseases.

More information: Maximilian Genetti et al, Secrets of the Goo: the Genome assembly of the Pacific Banana Slug, Ariolimax columbianus, Journal of Heredity (2025). DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esaf002 ...

The American Society for Microbiology has published the first issue of its new online-only, open access journal, Genome AnnouncementsTM, focusing exclusively on reports of microbial genome sequences.

A new, comprehensive map of all the genes essential for blood infections in Plasmodium knowlesi (P. knowlesi), a parasite that causes malaria in humans, has been generated by researchers at Harvard T.

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have mapped the genome of the Iberian ribbed newt and revealed how the composition and organization of the DNA ...

The red sea urchin (Mesocentrotus franciscanus) is one of the earth's longest-living animals, reported to live more than 100 years without showing signs of aging. To further understand the genetic ...