For decades, biologists have known that the instructions for life are written in DNA, yet the vast majority of those letters seemed to sit in the dark, doing little that was obvious. Now a new ...

The power of artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced computing has made it possible to design genetic sequences encoding ...

“We’re only just beginning to understand the full majesty of life on Earth,” wrote the founding members of the Earth BioGenome Project in 2018. The ambitious project raised eyebrows when first ...

Demand for synthetic DNA is growing across multiple industries including cell and gene therapy development and biomanufacturing. Coupled with that growth is a need for genetic constructs that can, in ...

In a spectacular bit of science, a group of scientists has sequenced the DNA from the femur of a man who died 45,000 years ago. The femur they studied is over 20 times older than this 2000 year old ...