Scientists have built a synthetic cell from nonliving chemical components that can feed, grow, and reproduce similarly to a ...

A new study from researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has uncovered how one of the most common ...

Every time a cell copies its DNA, parts of the genome are exposed and vulnerable to damage or errors. Molecular biologist ...

The prostate is the single organ most frequently afflicted by cancer in men. Prostate cancer affects approximately 4 million ...

Accurate RNA splicing is essential for gene expression and human health, yet predicting how DNA sequence variations affect ...

A prototype cell partly capable of replicating itself has been created using 36 existing bacterial genes, but it's not really ...

Scientists say they have built a cell from scratch for the first time that feeds, grows and replicates like a natural cell, a ...