Researchers at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) claim to have created the first stable semisynthetic organism with extra bases added to its genetic code. The single-celled organism is also able ...

DNA With Three Base Pairs - A Step Towards Expanding The Genetic Code Date: April 7, 2005 Source: American Chemical Society Summary: Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, ...

Scientists from Oxford's Radcliffe Department of Medicine have achieved the most detailed view yet of how DNA folds and functions inside living cells, revealing the physical structures that control ...

Comparison of a single-stranded RNA and a double-stranded DNA with their corresponding nucleobases. (Image: Wikimedia Commons, CC SA 3.0) The most common type of base pairing is the Watson-Crick base ...

Over the last decade, genetic research has moved on from the use of targeted approaches to the routine application of exome and genome sequencing. The wealth of genomic data has yielded profound ...