This study presents a large, systematically curated catalog of non-canonical open reading frames (ncORFs) in human and mouse by reanalyzing nearly 400 Ribo-seq datasets using a standardized pipeline; ...

Previously overlooked regions at the start of human genes have been shown to accumulate mutations far more often than would ...

Mitochondria are often described as the cell’s power plants, but a wave of new research suggests their genetic material may ...

The story of the discovery of the structure of the Double Helix is well-known, but have often erased Rosalind Franklin (Photo ...

Researchers have discovered new regions of the human genome particularly vulnerable to mutations. These altered stretches of ...

He chronicled the search for ‘the secret of life’ in his bestseller The Double Helix but damaged his career with his ...

By the time James Watson died earlier this month at the age of 97, he was one of the world’s most famous — and infamous — scientists. In 1953, he and three fellow researchers co-discovered the ...

In September, David Baltimore — the scientist who discovered reverse transcriptase, a breakthrough often described as one of ...

Some still use Watson’s scientific authority to justify their own racism, while others insist he simply stole credit from ...

The Scottish Government has launched a life sciences strategy in a bid to push the industry's value to £25 billion in the ...

American geneticist who shared a Nobel Prize for discovering the double helix structure of DNA. Born on April 6, 1928 in Chicago, IL, USA, he died aged 97 years in East Northport on Long Island, NY, ...