Every living organism has its own genetic "blueprint": the source code for how it grows, functions and reproduces. This ...

Some say we’ve entered a new age of AI-enabled scientific discovery. But human insight and creativity still can’t be ...

In A Nutshell Harvard researchers developed BrainIAC, a single AI model that can be adapted to analyze brain scans for conditions from Alzheimer’s to cancer, eliminating the need to build separate ...

When he was just a teenager trying to decide what to do with his life, César de la Fuente compiled a list of the world’s biggest problems. He ranked them inversely by how much money governments were ...

Key points Genomics delves into the genetic make-up of organisms, which helps us understand how they work.With new ...

Rutgers Develops New Tool for Examining Cancer Genomic Data that Could Improve Treatment When scientists sequence tumor DNA, ...

When scientists sequence tumor DNA, they typically find small amounts of genetic code from bacteria, viruses and fungi—microorganisms that—if actually present in tumor tissues—could influence how they ...

Living organisms share an ancestor called the last universal common ancestor, or LUCA. LUCA is estimated to have lived ...

Objective Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) remain the leading cause of mortality globally, necessitating early risk ...

Engineered DNA can store massive amounts of data while also encrypting it, opening the door to ultra-secure, long-term digital storage.

Scientists are exploring how DNA’s physical structure can store vast amounts of data and encode secure information.