New research pioneered by The University of Western Australia is shedding light on the intricate dance between proteins, DNA and RNA—the fundamental building blocks that carry out cellular processes ...

The study revealed that early life preferred smaller amino acid molecules over larger and more complex ones, which were added later, while amino acids that bind to metals joined in much earlier than ...

Human breast milk contains a molecular secret that science has spent decades trying to replicate. These human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) account for just 1% of breast milk, yet they train an ...

In a giant feat of genetic engineering, scientists have created bacteria that make proteins in a radically different way than all natural species do. By Carl Zimmer At the heart of all life is a code.

It is one of humanity’s ultimate scientific and technological quests, alongside putting a man on the moon and unlocking the structure of DNA. Now the biotech industry’s progress in developing ...