James Dewey Watson, Nobel Prize winner and “semi-professional loose cannon” whose racist views made him a scientific pariah ...

Dr. Watson was one of three recipients of the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for decoding the genetic blueprint for life.

Welcome to the age of incestual algorithmic inbreeding, where every idea looks suspiciously like the last viral one, and ...

Presented positive data from Phase 1 clinical trials with ARV-102 in healthy volunteers and patients with Parkinson’s disease - ...

Scientists from Oxford's Radcliffe Department of Medicine have achieved the most detailed view yet of how DNA folds and ...

Often celebrated as a pioneer of genetics alongside Francis Crick, racist and sexist remarks tarnished his reputation in ...

So, what are retrons? They’re bacterial immune systems that save the bacterial herd by culling individual bacteria infected ...

Chemists at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have found a new use for deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), not just as genetic material, but as a tool for more efficient production of medicinal ...

Betrayal, ambition and the double helix: turning Rosalind Franklin’s story and the discovery of the structure of DNA into an ...

Scientists at the University of Glasgow have successfully used the first bioengineered bone marrow model to carry out vital cancer research, offering new insights into potential therapies for the ...

Michael Buck, PhD, professor of biochemistry in the Jacobs School, recently received NIH funding to explore how molecular readers of DNA access and activate seemingly hidden genes.

Technology opens the door to more accurate preclinical testing, which could enable the development of safer and more effective therapies.