A handful of start-up firms are testing therapies that target specific epigenetic markers to treat everything from high ...

A funding drive has secured ₹1.21 crore to support the treatment of an Indore-based child diagnosed with SMA Type 2, highlighting growing support for families battling rare diseases.

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Two brothers in Singapore have built a data-encryption company on pure mathematics, betting that a problem no algorithm can ...

Inocras, a bioinformatics-led company harnessing the power of whole genome data and proprietary analytics to deliver curated ...

Our genetic heritage is not a blueprint or an algorithm, as many biologists have imagined, but something else entirely.

Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine myself playing a strategy game where I get to collect my favorite SpongeBob Squarepants characters to use them. Well, SpongeBob TD is here to change that. But ...

The genetic code is central to life. With minor variations, everything uses the same sets of three DNA bases to encode the same 20 amino acids. We have discovered no major exceptions to this, leading ...

The asteroid Ryugu imaged by the Hayabusa 2 spacecraft in 2018 JAXA / Kevin M. Gill via Wikimedia Commons under CC-BY-2.0 The asteroid Ryugu, millions of miles away from Earth, might not look that ...

A new study reveals all five fundamental nucleobases – the molecular “letters” of life – have been detected in samples from the asteroid Ryugu. Asteroid particles offer a glimpse into the chemical ...