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Cell-free DNA released into circulation reveals disease processes and pathogens behind sepsis.Image credit: © iStock, solarsevenWhen cells in the body die,…

Credit: Christoph Bock/Wikimedia Commons High-performance enzyme engineering company Watchmaker Genomics recently launched TAPS+, a novel technology that allows for simultaneous…

James Watson, PhD, sporting a double-helix T-shirt on his 90th birthday, as his wife Elizabeth looks on. [Kevin Davies] James…

Credit: Keystone Press/AlamyHamilton (Ham) Smith co-discovered type II restriction enzymes, molecular scissors that cut DNA at precise sequence sites, which…

A newly discovered protein from Earth’s toughest animal is inspiring breakthrough therapies for cancer and cardiovascular disease.1Tardigrades, often called water…

James Watson, one of the 20th century’s most famous scientists, passed away on Thursday (November 6). He was 97.Watson was…

Four amino acid changes in a key enzyme appear to transform genome maintenance and delay aging across species. The naked…

Researchers used SBX technology to snag the Guinness World Record for the fastest DNA sequencing technique. They also demonstrated how…

DNA isolated from some soldiers in Napoleon’s troops in 1812 offered insights on some diseases that affected the soldiers. Shown…

Nature, Published online: 24 October 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03487-6Remains of some of the 300,000 soldiers who died on the retreat from Moscow…