In the movie "Jurassic Park," scientists extracted DNA that had been preserved in amber for millions of years, and used it to create a population of long-extinct dinosaurs. Inspired partly by that ...

This breakthrough transforms the building of synthetic DNA from a chemical process to an electrical one. Here’s what you’ll ...

Harvard researchers have developed a groundbreaking silicon chip capable of synthesizing DNA utilizing water-based enzymes ...

Nowadays, there's lots of buzz about spectacular new medical treatments such as personalised cancer therapy with modified immune cells or antibodies. Such treatments, however, are very complex and ...

On Christmas Day in 2017, a human skull was discovered by a snorkeller at a remote beach near Wilsons Prom on Victoria’s south Gippsland coast. Below the water, police soon found an almost intact ...

With just a room-temperature “pot,” a sprinkling of molecules, and a simple electrical device, pathogen DNA detection can now be achieved in under an hour anywhere. This method creates ...

Repeats of DNA sequences, often referred to as "junk DNA" or "dark matter," that are found in chromosomes and could contribute to cancer or other diseases have been challenging to identify and ...

Lung infections are a constant risk for people living with cystic fibrosis (CF), a life-threatening genetic disorder that ...