Stepping away from its billions-of-years-old role as a genetic blueprint, DNA is now embarking on a new journey as an active ...

Researchers developed a retron-based system that enables DNA to function as an active intracellular tool rather than merely ...

Scientists used a bacterial system called retron to turn DNA into a programmable tool inside living cells, enabling gene ...

PCR genetic analysis has been in the spotlight since COVID-19, but light is now further facilitating PCR-free methods. Osaka Metropolitan University scientists have developed a light-induced DNA ...

Researchers have built a platform that programs short DNA fragments inside living cells to control protein activity, all without editing or altering the cell’s genome. The system, published in Nature ...

Scientists manufacture many biotherapeutic products in immortalized cell lines, most commonly HEK293. Residual HEK293 DNA in biotherapeutic candidates can harbor tumorigenic or retroviral sequences ...

Explore digital PCR’s potential, how the technology has transformed life science research, the challenges it faces and what ...

POSTECH develops a platform for precise cellular control using "non-genetic DNA" decoupled from genetic information.

In 2003, Kary Mullis took The Scientist readers behind the scenes of the night in 1983 when he came up with the idea for PCR. He included a photo of his lab notebook that depicts his very first ...