Browsing: DNA & Genetics

Scientists can detect volatile organic compounds produced by gut bacteria in people’s breath.Image credit:© iStock.com, narcisaIn the depths of the…

Scientists in China have developed a way to synthesize medicarpin in yeast—specifically, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, also known as baker’s yeast. Like…

Genentech increased its investment in a new Holly Springs, NC manufacturing facility. The company’s financial decision will more than double…

Data from a new Nature study shows the feasibility of engineering a quantum mechanical process inside biological proteins. The study, which…

Neural tissue normally dies quickly without oxygen. Yet bird retinas—among the most energy-demanding tissues in the animal kingdom—function permanently without…

Genetic analyses of in vitro fertilized embryos reveal new insights into improper chromosome segregation (aneuploidy), one of the key reasons…

Danish researchers have created new cell lines that need a less tailored feeding schedule and produce fewer waste products. The…

After seeing how self-explanatory a comic-style poster was for younger audiences, Vincy Wilson explored using this format for a research…

More than four years after the last of four boys died in a troubled Phase I/II trial of a gene…

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) researchers at work in an R&D laboratory at the company’s Stevenage, U.K., site. GSK has agreed to acquire…