New analytical methods developed at Baylor College of Medicine and collaborating institutions have increased our ...

The ability to precisely edit the genomes of bacteria has long been a goal of microbiologists. Such technology would enable ...

Artificial intelligence is rapidly learning to autonomously design and run biological experiments, but the systems intended to govern those capabilities are struggling to keep pace. AI company OpenAI ...

Scientists analyze 22,000 genomes documenting hundreds of genetic changes due to natural selection over the past 10,000 years ...

A major collaboration involving nine labs, led by scientists at Gladstone Institutes, has transferred a particularly useful ...

Reporting in Nature, scientists have identified a novel process that protects the ends of chromosomes from incorrectly applied DNA repair. Although DNA repair is a crucial mechanism that can protect a ...

The work demonstrates the power of ancient DNA to illuminate human biology and medicine in addition to history. A massive ...

Local leaders from Charleston, Berkeley and Dorchester counties gathered Jan. 26 to cut the ribbon on the new Tri-County Biological Science Center, marking the launch of South Carolina’s first ...

Scientists have found a link between super-agers' longevity and DNA analyzed from Ice Age hunter-gatherer populations in ...

Only around two percent of the human genome codes for proteins, and while those proteins carry out many important functions of the cell, the rest of the genome cannot be ignored. However, for decades ...