DNA

DNA molecule survives critical entry into Earth's atmosphere

Posted in Science on 28th Nov, 2014
by Alex Muller

Various scientists believe that DNA could certainly reach us from outer space.

Scientists develop thought-controlled gene switch

Posted in Medicine on 11th Nov, 2014
by Alex Muller

Genes can be switched on using the power of thought, a study reports.

First Europeans 'weathered Ice Age'

Posted in Science on 8th Nov, 2014
by Alex Muller

The genetic ancestry of the earliest Europeans survived the ferocious Ice Age that took hold after the continent was initially settled by modern people.

PTN interviews Austen Heinz, CEO of Cambrian Genomics:

Posted in Featured, Interviews on 6th Nov, 2014
by Alex Muller

Austen has ambitions to create artificial life forms: We dig deeper into the future of synthetic biology.

Scientists make enzyme that could help explain origins of life

Posted in Science on 30th Oct, 2014
by Alex Muller

Scientists have devised an enzyme with a unique property that might have been crucial to the origin of life on Earth.