In human cells, only a small proportion of the information written in genes is used to produce proteins. How does the cell ...

Human genes that encode proteins often contain non-coding segments known as introns. Removing introns is crucial for the proper expression of genetic information. Understanding how our cells ...

After more than a decade of work, researchers have reached a major milestone in their efforts to re-engineer life in the lab, ...

Macquarie University researchers, alongside an international team, have achieved a significant milestone in synthetic biology by completing the final chromosome of the world's first synthetic yeast ...

Trypanosomes are parasites that cause sleeping sickness, Chagas disease, and various animal diseases. Diagnosis and treatment remain complex and no effective vaccine has been developed. A better ...

Both humans and trypanosomes are eukaryotic organisms -- those that ... before the instructions they carry can be used by the cell. Since the processing of human and trypanosome mRNAs bears ...