In an unprecedented leap in scientific discovery, a new lifeform has been constructed using a mere 57 genetic instructions.

Genes are the building blocks of life, and the genetic code provides the instructions for the complex processes that make ...

Over the years, chemical biology methods have made an important contribution to the study of integral membrane proteins. A ...

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.