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

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 ...

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

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

All living organisms are known to inherit genes, DNA sequences that contain instructions for producing specific proteins and ...

In this case, the gene encoding T7 RNA polymerase was added to the SpudCell genome, and it was made by those artificial cells ...

The reason lies in that old mantra and the types of leaders it has brought to the head of Iowa’s major sports programs. While we’ve seen a flurry of successful coaches in both football and men’s ...

Their bodies and their genomes were built in the lab from scratch, each molecule specified precisely. According to John Glass ...

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 ...

For decades, restoring the once dominant American chestnut meant planting thousands of trees, infecting them with pathogens ...

The prostate is the single organ most frequently afflicted by cancer in men. Prostate cancer affects approximately 4 million ...

We spoke to David Klenerman, co-developer of sequencing by synthesis, to find out how his work heralded the next generation ...