The asteroid Ryugu, millions of miles away from Earth, might not look that exciting. But on it, we now know, lie some of the ...

Trained on 9 trillion DNA base pairs from every domain of life, the Evo 2 model can predict disease-causing mutations, identify genomic features and generate entirely new genetic sequences.

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A study published this week in the journal Nature Astronomy presents evidence that the asteroid Ryugu contains all five of the nucleotide bases that make up the genetic code. That includes the ...

The new film probes the possibility of alien life – here's how the science of Project Hail Mary stacks up.

I found it interesting to read about the lives of twins on campus. I and my identical twin brother, Stephen Margulis ’78 MD’81 both attended Brown University during the nascent period of the Program ...

A high-fat diet can cause the intestinal lining to weaken, allowing live gut bacteria to travel directly to the brain in mice ...

In a single experiment, scientists can decipher the entire genomes of many patient samples, animal models, or cultured cells.

Crystal jellyfish have an eerie beauty: thanks to a natural protein, they emit a faint green glow. For decades, researchers ...

Snakes have lost the gene that encodes ghrelin, a hormone that helps regulate hunger in many vertebrates, according to a new study.

Federal health officials on Monday laid out a proposal to spur development of customized treatments for patients with hard-to-treat diseases, including for rare genetic conditions that the ...