Purine-heavy DNA sequences protect Bacillus subtilis genes from Rho termination

In the study of bacteria, a longstanding dogma has held that two molecular machines—RNA polymerase, which leads the way in transcribing DNA into RNA, and ribosomes, which bring up the rear translating ...

Massachusetts Set to Extend Statute of Limitations for Rape Cases With DNA Evidence

Following reporting by WBUR and ProPublica, Gov. Maura Healey has pledged to sign a bill into law ensuring that Massachusetts ...
WBUR

Mass. set to eliminate deadline to prosecute rape when there's a DNA match

Massachusetts' deadline to prosecute rape cases is among the strictest in the nation. But Gov. Maura Healey pledged to sign ...

Confusion over diversion, blocked emergency exit under scanner after Dausa expressway crash

Jaipur: A day after eight people were killed when a private sleeper bus rammed the rear of a multi-axle trailer on the ...
Discover Magazine

World’s First Synthetic Cell With a Complete Life Cycle Marks Biology Breakthrough

Learn how SpudCell, a synthetic cell built from chemical parts, can grow, divide, copy its DNA, and bring life-like behavior ...
The Economist

Scientists take another step towards lab-made life

What do you call an organism with no evolutionary ancestors? SpudCell, apparently ...