A*STAR scientists have developed a new method to directly and efficiently read DNA containing non-standard “letters” (bases) ...

As one of the inventors of next-generation DNA sequencing, Sir Shankar Balasubramanian could claim to be responsible for a revolution in the life sciences. Balasubramanian and chemist David Klenerman, ...

Mutations are changes in the molecular "letters" that make up the DNA code, the blueprint for all living cells. Some of these changes can have little effect, but others can lead to diseases, including ...

For decades, scientists believed the essence of life was written solely in four chemical bases: A, C, T, and G. Together, they make up the genetic code, the biological “text” that defines who we are.

The person behind this is Mark Temple, a microbiologist in Sydney, Australia. MARK TEMPLE: I'm both a musician and a scientist. So I thought, I'm well-placed here to actually approach this from a ...

'Random DNA' is naturally active in the one-celled fungi yeast, while such DNA is turned off as its natural state in mammalian cells, despite their having a common ancestor a billion years ago and the ...

Scientists from Oxford's Radcliffe Department of Medicine have achieved the most detailed view yet of how DNA folds and ...