In a viral post on Reddit, an internet user revealed they’ve been accused of cheating in a spicy food-eating competition.

As screening and early treatment for type 1 diabetes become more widespread, the European action for the Diagnosis of Early ...

Scientists have created Syn57, a completely synthetic bacterium with a genetic code unlike anything in nature. Unlike all known life, which uses 64 codons to build proteins, Syn57 only uses 57 — ...

Scientists in the UK have rewritten one of life’s oldest operating systems. They have built a bacterium that functions with a stripped-down genetic code, eliminating seven of the 64 instructions used ...

Almost all organisms follow a basic rule to make proteins. Information in DNA is encoded by codons made of three bases, or letters, and most life uses 64 codons to code for 20 naturally occurring ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Research suggests that using cannabis may alter a person's epigenetic code. The research suggested that marijuana use can impact the genetic code responsible for activating and ...

Barbara Rae-Venter, a 76-year-old patent attorney living in Marina, California, thought she'd spend her retirement leisurely playing tennis, traveling, and indulging in her favorite pastime: ...

The genetic-testing company, which collected DNA data from users, is for sale in bankruptcy court. Now, 27 states and the District of Columbia oppose selling the data without express consent. By Rylee ...

23andMe filed for bankruptcy amid financial struggles and fallout after a data breach. Now, potential buyers and investors are weighing the value of its DNA database. One of the world's largest troves ...

23andMe has gone bankrupt. If it is tempting to treat this failure as just another Silicon Valley experiment gone bad, do not be fooled. This bankruptcy provides an essential opportunity for digital ...