Ancient DNA Switches Found in Plants After 400 Million Years
When we think of evolution, the gradual evolutionary change comes to mind: dinosaurs turning into birds, ancient forests…
Secrets of evolution found in ancient plant DNA
The Takeaway CSHL Professor & HHMI Investigator Zachary Lippman and colleagues have identified more than 2.3 million conserved…
New Research Links Daily Multivitamins to Slower Biological Aging
In a randomized clinical trial of older adults, researchers found that taking multivitamins for two years modestly slowed…
Transposable elements cause majority of lethal mutations in fruit flies
Most lethal mutations in wild fruit flies are driven by newly transferred jumping genes, not small DNA errors,…
Enzyme helps maintain retinal progenitor cells during eye development
The retina is a thin layer of neural tissue at the back of the eye that detects light…
Scientists simulate complete life cycle of a minimal bacterial cell
By simulating the life cycle of a minimal bacterial cell – from DNA replication to protein translation to…
Scientists Form Complex DNA Structures Without Hydrogen Bond
Complex DNA architectures are obtained by stacking triangular units, much like well-placed bricks without mortar. Credit Simon Vecchioni…
An ancient sheep may hold the key to a 4,000-year-old plague mystery
Most of the infectious diseases that trouble humans today actually began in animals. These are called zoonotic pathogens,…
With Evo 2, AI Can Model And Design The Genetic Code For All Domains Of Life
Mechanistic interpretability of Evo 2 reveals DNA, RNA, protein and organism-level features — Nature The DNA foundation model…
Genomics, multiomics, and spatial biology at AGBT 2026
Key Insights Sequencing companies frequently launch new instruments and chemistries at the Advances in Genome Biology and…
AI trained on 9 trillion DNA letters predicts harmful mutations and designs new genomes
Trained on genomic data spanning the tree of life, Evo 2 reveals how artificial intelligence can decode the…
New fragmentome technology can detect early liver fibrosis and cirrhosis
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center report that an artificial intelligence (AI)-based liquid biopsy test using genome-wide cell-free…