New live-cell method: Munich scientists created a process to track gene activity in living cells without destroying them, enabling repeated measurements over days. Genetic code surprise: UK teams ...

Scientists discover human cells can directly exchange DNA through nanotubes, potentially reshaping cancer research and ...

To overcome the inherent challenge of translation termination interference caused by stop codon reprogramming in mammalian cells, researchers from Peking University led by Chen Peng from College of ...

US scientists have made early-stage human embryos by manipulating DNA taken from human skin cells. The Orgeon Health and ...

In human cells, there are about 20,000 genes on a two-meter DNA strand—finely coiled up in a nucleus about 10 micrometers in diameter. By comparison, this corresponds to a 40-kilometer thread packed ...