Researchers from the University of Cambridge and the Leibniz Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern Europe in ...

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DNA synthesis is going global. The biosecurity rules aren’t keeping up.

DNA is known to keep its form for centuries, and the researchers found that their tape could store data for more than 345 years at room temperature, or about 20,000 years at 32 degrees Fahrenheit (0 ...

To our immune system, a potentially lifesaving gene therapy can look a lot like a dangerous infection. That's because most ...

In the past twenty years, major technological advances in extracting and analyzing DNA have transformed the ability to ...

Researchers demonstrated that it is feasible to encode executable payloads into synthetic DNA that, once sequenced and ...

A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers has introduced bills requiring firms to obtain a license before exporting synthetic DNA sequences. The aim is to protect American biotech innovations from foreign ...

Popular genetics tests can’t tell you much about your dog’s personality, according to a recent study. A team of geneticists ...

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