These chains come in a wide range of lengths. In humans a typical protein is about 400 amino acids long; some are a lot longer. Molecules of RNA, one of the two nucleic acids, can reach up to 100,000 ...

Earth’s most diverse biological entities are the viruses that infect bacteria, called bacteriophages (phages). They are rich resources for discovering proteins and tools for biotechnology, but many ...

Tiny tweaks in DNA folding can have big effects. A study from Umeå University shows that even the most subtle changes in DNA's shape have an important influence on gene activity and energy production.

This year, the GATE Life Sciences 2026 exam will be organised by IIT Guwahati. The official GATE Life Sciences syllabus PDF will be released by IIT Guwahati on its website. We will provide the direct ...

Genes are the building blocks of life, and the genetic code provides the instructions for the complex processes that make organisms function. But how and why did it come to be the way it is?

Cells are crowded with proteins and nucleic acids. A new study measures subcellular densities across organisms to uncover how material is distributed.

The University has received a 1.2 Gigahertz NMR spectrometer, one of only two in the UK, to enable groundbreaking research in biomolecular mechanisms.

Aspiring participants of the GATE 2026 Biotechnology (BT) exam must go through the GATE Biotechnology Syllabus. The detailed syllabus for GATE 2026 Biotechnology has been made available by IIT ...

Turning genes on and off is like flipping a light switch, controlling whether genes in a cell are active. When a gene is turned on, the production of proteins or other substances is promoted; when ...