The Duke Reading Center, which specializes in the analysis of retinal images, collaborated with Sina Farsiu, professor in the departments of ophthalmology and biomedical engineering, to play a pivotal ...

Scientists have long believed that a universal genetic code serves as a blueprint for all life on Earth, dictating the structure and function of organisms from the simplest bacteria to complex humans.

Over the past two decades, synthetic biology has fueled advancements across a broad range of disciplines, including agriculture, bioremediation, biofuel production, and chemical manufacturing. Today, ...

In experiments, researchers showed that the disease-spreading insects couldn’t resist the sweet smell of a fungus that infected and killed them.

Scientists have successfully created immature human egg-like cells from skin-derived stem cells, a significant step in ...

But more broadly, the technology ... a pathogen's genetics have been analyzed; conventional vaccine manufacturing takes ...

The Boston biotech founded by Harvard professor David Sinclair is testing whether cellular reprogramming can turn back the ...

The neurologic disease called chronic traumatic encephalopathy or CTE has most often been found in people who experienced repeated blows to the head while playing contact sports and there’s now ...

Seven years after the first gene-edited babies were revealed, biotech startup Manhattan Genomics is reviving the idea of ...

Young umbrella acacia trees in Africa survive severe drought by putting their natural processes into overdrive when water is ...

Humans have long experimented with nature, bending evolution to serve aesthetics, science, and curiosity. Some animals have ...