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Biologists are confronting a problem they thought they had mostly solved: what, exactly, counts as life. A wave of ...

Biology has always been an unruly science. Cells divide when they want to. Genes switch on and off like temperamental lights.

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Across all domains of life, immune defenses foil invading viruses by making it impossible for the viruses to replicate. Most known CRISPR systems target invading pathogens' DNA and chop it up to ...

In a first, scientists have extracted DNA from a Renaissance-era drawing attributed to Leonardo da Vinci, but they can't be ...

The US FDA approved 46 new drugs in 2025, despite a tumultuous year at the regulatory agency.

The immune system’s first encounter with a virus or vaccine establishes a “starting template” that shapes its response to new ...

A trio of mRNA molecules could help guard against the harmful effects of aging on immune cells, a study in mice finds. A new ...

Restricted access to genome-editing technologies poses serious challenges for countries like India that urgently need such ...