The DNA inside of living organisms is packed with information, so much so that it's hard to search genetic databases, but ...

The genetic code, a universal blueprint for life, governs how DNA and RNA sequences translate into proteins. While its ...

Researchers have identified a large number of areas in the human genetic code that are involved in regulating the way in which the liver functions, in a new study of over 61,000 people, published ...

Decades of research has viewed DNA as a sequence-based instruction manual; yet every cell in the body shares the same genes – so where is the language that writes the memory of cell identities?

This circular diagram represents the genetic code, showing how the four nucleotide bases of RNA (adenine [A], cytosine [C], guanine [G], and uracil [U]) form codons that specify amino acids. Each ...

Protein translation uses transfer RNAs (tRNAs), which are aminoacylated with their cognate amino acids by aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase enzymes, to read triplet codons in messenger RNAs (mRNAs) via base ...

URBANA, Ill. – Genes are the building blocks of life, and the genetic code provides the instructions for the complex processes that make organisms function. But how and why did it come to be the way ...

Millions of years of evolution gave life on earth a genetic dictionary with 64 words. Harvard University scientists thought they could do better. In an intriguing step toward lab-made organisms, they ...

New research is casting doubt on a commonly held belief about how cells use DNA to make proteins, suggesting the genetic code is more diverse than previously thought. New research is casting doubt on ...

Scientists have developed the world's most detailed gene map of the human retina, providing new insights which will help future research to prevent and treat blindness. Australian scientists have led ...

Evolution settled on a genetic code that uses four letters to name 20 amino acids. Synthetic biologists adding new bases to DNA will be free to improve on nature — if they can. With recent innovations ...