The asteroid Ryugu, millions of miles away from Earth, might not look that exciting. But on it, we now know, lie some of the ...

A new study reveals all five fundamental nucleobases – the molecular “letters” of life – have been detected in samples from ...

Human genes are written in long strings of three-letter units composed of four different nucleotides. These units—or ...

The DNA foundation model Evo 2 has been published in the journal Nature. Trained on the DNA of over 100,000 species across the entire tree of life, Evo 2 can identify patterns in gene sequences across ...

Researchers have made DNA storage rewritable, overcoming one of its biggest limitations. The breakthrough could turn DNA into a practical alternative to today’s energy-hungry data centers. The post ...

A £1.5 million boost has funded state-of-the-art equipment at a West Midlands NHS Trust which means quicker access to ...

Paul Conyngham used AI to pinpoint the mutations in his dog Rose's tumor — and used the data to have a treatment made just for her ...

For millions of people living with HIV, a daily regimen of medications is a lifelong necessity. If they stop taking the drugs—commonly referred to as antiretroviral therapy—the virus usually rushes ...

For decades, scientists have been carefully unraveling the role of genes in disease by examining how small variations in a person's genetic code can shape lifelong risk of developing common conditions ...

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