Similarly, the creation of cell atlases — maps of organs and bodies constructed cell by cell — is heralding a new era in our understanding of biology. Powerful sequencing and imaging technologies ...

We all begin existence as the simplest thing you can imagine if you’re trying to picture life: a single cell--nothing, in other words, but a tiny, spherical bag of proteins. In fact, the average ...

“RNA is a different language than DNA,” she said, and it serves a fundamentally different purpose both inside and outside cells. Mark Belan for Quanta Magazine An organism’s DNA should be stable and ...