Smaller genomes enable plants and animals to grow much more quickly and efficiently, so why do some species have much larger ...

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. Scientists first aim to design genomes with minimal changes compared to the wild type to minimize the risk of failure. “The native microbe is ...

This engineered genome will help experts tailor organisms to fit the needs of their ever-changing environments.

The most complex engineering of human cell lines ever has been achieved by scientists, revealing that our genomes are more ...

How are genomes compared and what can these findings tell us about how the overall structure of genes and genomes have evolved? Aa Aa Aa Comparative genomics is a field of biological research in ...

The most complex engineering of human cell lines ever has been achieved by scientists, revealing that our genomes are more resilient to significant structural changes than was previously thought.

And what more can be learned by comparing the genomes of these two vastly different organisms? It turns out that a comparison of the human and pufferfish genetic sequences holds several clues as ...

An international team of researchers co-led by a University of Minnesota scientist has sequenced the genomes of two fungal pathogens – one that threatens global wheat supplies and another ...

They retrieved over 50 ancient genomes from a set of burial grounds in Dorset, southern England, in use before and after the Roman Conquest of AD 43. The results revealed that this community was ...

The most complex engineering of human cell lines ever has been achieved by scientists, revealing that our genomes are more resilient to significant structural changes than was previously thought.

Hannah joined The Scientist as an assistant editor in 2023. She earned her PhD in neuroscience from the University of Washington in 2017 and completed the Dalla Lana Fellowship in Global Journalism in ...