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

Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered new details about how the human genome produces instructions for creating ...

Researchers say they have discovered an entirely new class of life inside the human body, and it is very similar to a virus.

Scientists have finally created synthetic life in a lab by constructing a synthetic yeast for the first time in history.

Sheep have been intertwined with human livelihoods for over 11,000 years. As well as meat, their domestication led to humans ...

While whole-genome and epigenome sequencing are the gold ... Carlen and Kreling's new study provides examples of life history traits that may be under selection in urban coyotes as well as a ...

A local radio host is encouraging Tucsonans to consider genetic testing after it played a critical role in her own health ...