Genetics

About time: the origin of species
Why do animals have different types of life cycles? A study explains.
A whole new way of looking at medicine: Siddhartha Mukherjee
A deeper understanding of the cellular basis of disease raises hopes of curing hitherto-incurable diseases, says Siddhartha Mukherjee.
Closer to a cure
The potential of cell and gene therapeutics to provide lasting solutions to incurable diseases is attracting a growing number of Indian scientists.
The building blocks of biology
The future belongs to biology, and the subject is catching up with other branches of science and engineering.
It's not just a vaccine
mRNA also lends itself to therapeutics, but the technology’s flaws need to be fixed.