Cells have evolved careful checks to ensure DNA is copied only once, but how they switch on replication at the right moment ...

As genome editing therapies move through clinical trials to regulatory approval, scientists continue the quest for the holy ...

Many cancer-associated mutational signatures remain unexplained. Team CAUSE aims to connect DNA damage, mutational patterns, ...

Tiny, quivering spheres designed to feed and multiply raise prospect of artificial organisms to make drugs, food and fuel ...

A tiny bubble of lipids, enzymes and DNA has done something biologists have chased for years: it carried out a full cycle of ...

New research presented at the 42nd Annual Meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) ...

Exposure to common air pollutants could change how genes function in sperm, potentially affecting male fertility, pregnancy ...

Scientists built a synthetic cell that combines more lifelike properties than ever before — proof of concept that it’s possible to bring nonliving materials to life, or something close to it, in the ...

A team of researchers recovered ancient human mitochondrial and nuclear DNA directly from a red-painted calcite crust on the ...

A new tool has just vastly broadened the scale at which researchers can study these proteins, promising to speed basic ...

Air pollution may affect sperm in ways scientists are still trying to understand. Researchers say new findings published Monday in the Human Reproduction journal suggest it could also alter the way ...