A small genetic change makes the bacterium that caused the plague less fatal but possibly more transmissible, allowing for ...

Parasitic worms that infect humans are not interbreeding with those that infect cattle as previously thought. This is good ...

A single Neanderthal gene slipped into lab mice triggered unexpected changes in their skeletons. Scientists in Japan uncovered traits echoing long-lost human cousins.

It is also being engineered and exploited in synthetic biology, in multiple ways. While these have demonstrated important experimental capabilities, understanding design principles underpinning ...