Scientists said the findings offer the first robust evidence that genes contribute to a person’s chance of developing the ...

In the Code of the Wild documentary film, Cody Sheehy (award winning producer and director) and CRISPR scientist Samira Kiani explore the controversial and secretive world of genetic engineering. In ...

Cracking Your Genetic Code We are on the brink of a new era of personalized, gene-based medicine. Are we ready for it?

The genetic code is a set of rules that defines how the four-letter code of DNA is translated into the 20-letter code of amino acids, which are the building blocks of proteins.

The synthetic bacteria contain a shorter genetic code with 57 codons rather than 64, freeing up space for further edits that ...

When scientists discovered DNA and its double-helix form, they had finally identified the molecules that contain every human’s unique genetic code. But determining how those instructions were ...