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Scientists Rewrite the Genetic Code of E. Coli, and It’s Drastically Different From Anything Found in Nature The synthetic bacteria contain a shorter genetic code with 57 codons rather than 64 ...

Life's Greatest Secret is the story of the discovery and cracking of the genetic code, the thing that ultimately enables a spiraling molecule to give rise to the life that exists all around us.

Now, scientists have redesigned the genetic code of the bacterium Escherichia coli to contain just 57 of the 64 codons. The findings were published in late July in Science.

Early immune pressure and co-occurring mutations drive changes in hepatitis C virus fitness and evolution, revealing key dynamics in the establishment of chronic infection.

Arrow worms, or chaetognaths, are strange ocean predators that have puzzled scientists for more than a century. They have transparent, torpedo-shaped bodies, sharp grasping spines near their ...