On the screen and on the street, strawberry blonds and those with auburn tresses attract attention, and always have. That is, in part, because red hair is an exotic trait, occurring in just one or two ...

The genetic code is the recipe for life, and provides the instructions for how to make proteins, generally using just 20 amino acids. But certain groups of microbes have an expanded genetic code, in ...

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A team of researchers at the Broad Institute, led by gene-editing pioneer David Liu, has developed a new genome-editing strategy that could potentially lead to a one-time treatment for multiple ...

A 3D illustration of a transfer RNA molecule hovering over a messenger RNA. Transfer RNA acts as an adaptor to convert messenger RNA codons into amino acids during protein synthesis. Credit: ...

A habitat-building coralline algae that provides a vital nursing ground for marine species and an important blue carbon ecosystem has been genetically mapped around south-west Britain in a ...

Dr Arora explains that hair loss in women is often a symptom, not a disease - meaning it is usually preventable and reversible. If you’re noticing more hair on your pillow, in the shower drain, or on ...