Scientists have identified a microbe capable of interpreting a single piece of genetic code in two completely different ways.

Researchers discover a unique genetic code in Antarctic archaea that encodes a rare amino acid, potentially advancing protein ...

Humans have it. So does Drosophila. But not yeast. That "it" is a small pause at the start of gene activity—a brief molecular halt that may have helped life evolve from simple cells to complex animals ...

Researchers uncovered a microbe that treats one stop codon as both a termination signal and an amino-acid instruction, revealing surprising genetic flexibility that may inspire new ways to influence ...

A 3D illustration of a transfer RNA molecule hovering over a messenger RNA. Transfer RNA acts as an adaptor to convert messenger RNA codons into amino acids during protein synthesis. Credit: ...

Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, United States Laboratory of Molecular Modelling and Bioinformatics (LAMMB), Department of Physical and Biological Sciences, Campus Sete ...

Cellular machines build each protein according to the instructions within a genetic sequence that begins at a "start codon" and ends at a "stop codon." However, some genetic sequences contain more ...

(CNN) — The neurologic disease called chronic traumatic encephalopathy or CTE has most often been found in people who experienced repeated blows to the head while playing contact sports and there’s ...

When Allie, from Southern California, adopted her dog from a local rescue last year, she wasn’t prepared for how often she would be asked about her breed. At just 4 months old, Lydia’s long body and ...

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a neuromuscular disorder that results from mutations in the DMD gene. Gene therapies for DMD change genetic material in a person’s body to treat this condition.

Scientists in the UK have rewritten one of life’s oldest operating systems. They have built a bacterium that functions with a stripped-down genetic code, eliminating seven of the 64 instructions used ...

Alltrna, the preclinical Flagship Pioneering-backed biotech trying to turn transfer RNA (tRNA) into drugs, is slimming down as it works toward the clinic. The Massachusetts-based outfit has laid off ...