Your genetic code is not as logical as it could be. What if we could rewrite our genetic code, and make it more efficient, ...

More than 60 years after its discovery, scientists are still learning surprising ways DNA stores and translates instructions ...

Around 45 percent of human DNA is made up of transposable elements, or TEs—genetic leftovers from now-extinct viruses that scientists once believed to be “junk DNA.” But that view is changing, and a ...

Scientists at Houston Methodist Research Institute have discovered that a fast-rising strep bacterium comes in more forms ...

When people think of DNA, they usually think of genes, the parts that code for proteins and drive inherited traits. But there's a whole lot of DNA beyond genes that we are just starting to understand.

Scientists have sequenced DNA from one of humans' closest relatives, the Neanderthal. Guests examine what that prehistoric genetic code might tell us about how these early hominids lived, and why they ...

A newly identified cellular system monitors subtle variations in genetic coding, hinting at a hidden level of control over ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Recent breakthroughs in genetics research may have uncovered new genes underlying common psychiatric disorders. Schizophrenia and ...

Scientists says they've mapped the DNA sequences of avocado - meaning future fruit can be modified to survive climate change. Once scientists say they've cracked the genetic code of avocado, they can ...