From the first unzip of the double helix to the final joining of DNA fragments, replication is a carefully coordinated process. Understanding it helps explain how life preserves its genetic code with ...

Venter redrew the boundaries of biology — sequencing DNA at unprecedented speed, engineering synthetic life and charting ...

All life on Earth depends on the same molecular alphabet: 20 amino acids that cells string together to make proteins. But now ...

Just as the human body relies on organs such as the heart or liver for essential functions, cells depend on their own tiny ...