Industrial yeasts are a powerhouse of protein production, used to manufacture vaccines, biopharmaceuticals, and other useful compounds.

Researchers develop a single genome-editing strategy to treat multiple disorders caused by nonsense mutations, promising efficient and cost-effective therapies.

When he was just a teenager trying to decide what to do with his life, César de la Fuente compiled a list of the world’s ...

For decades, researchers have worked to untangle the biological causes of neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer’s ...

The traditional explanation of the initial genetic code in life seems less established when ancient proteins seem to be ...

Robert Hettich conducts research in ORNL's biological mass spectrometry laboratory. Credit: Carlos Jones/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy Scientists at ...

A small randomized controlled trial, published December, 2025, showed that consuming 250 mg of vitamin C a day (2 small kiwis) for eight weeks led to thicker skin, indicating collagen production, and ...

Deep in your muscles, an enzyme called AMPD1 helps turn chemical fuel into usable energy. When it does not work well, muscles tire faster.

Life runs on instructions you never see. Every cell reads DNA, turns that message into RNA, and then builds proteins that ...

An AI model developed by Google's DeepMind could transform our understanding of DNA - the complete recipe for building and running the human body - and its impact on disease and medicine discovery, ...