The genetic code is central to life. With minor variations, everything uses the same sets of three DNA bases to encode the ...

Advances in genetic engineering have enabled researchers to seek ways to program new life. But has synthetic biology actually ...

Venter redrew the boundaries of biology — sequencing DNA at unprecedented speed, engineering synthetic life and charting ...

Craig Venter, the molecular biologist who has died aged 79, was one of the most colourful and controversial characters in the ...