The DNA code contains instructions needed to make the proteins and molecules essential for our growth development and health.
Proteins are molecules made of ...
The Human Genome Project (HGP) is an international and collaborative research program whose goal was to determine the DNA sequence of the entire human genome an...
Every year in April, DNA Day aims to enlighten people about important scientific advances in genomic research and explore how those advances might impact their ...
Before the genetic code was deciphered, the question of the origin of life has always fascinated scientists and physicists in particular.
Following the huge br...
Genetics have a crucial role in forming who we are.
Cells are the basic working units of every living system. All the instructions needed to direct their activ...
What do a human, a rose, and a bacterium have in common?
Each one of these, along with every other living organism on Earth, contains the molecular instruction...
More than fifty years ago François Jacob and Jacques Monod published in The Journal of Molecular Biology an article presenting the discovery of the first genet...
The second half of the nineteenth century was a time of remarkable advances in genetic research: Scientists were able to identify chromosomes under the microsco...
US President Barack Obama recently announced the two recipients of the National Medal of Science and National Medal of Technology and Innovation 2015: Dr. Mary-...
Inutile dire che si tratta di un miracolo: Layla Richards, una bambina britannico di un anno, è guarita da una leucemia linfoblastica acuta grazie a un'iniezion...
Quest'anno la famosa giuria svedese ha assegnato il Premio Nobel per la Chimica a tre ricercatori per i loro studi meccanicistici relativi alla riparazione del ...
