A less-virulent poliovirus generated by altering codon usage suggests a new strategy for vaccine development. Figure 1: Development of an attenuated vaccine by two classical methods and the ...

Following this discovery, Nirenberg, Philip Leder, and Gobind Khorana identified the rest of the genetic code and fully described each three-letter codon and its corresponding amino acid.

Scientists have discovered that horses owe their legendary stamina to a unique genetic mutation. This mutation supercharges ...

Researchers have revealed a secret behind horses' exceptional endurance – a mutation in the KEAP1 gene that boosts energy production while protecting against cellular oxidative stress. The findings – ...

It uses a single stop codon, enabling the production of synthetic proteins with innovative properties ... This research builds on previous work published in Science in 2013. It represents a ...

Kamal is a freelance science journalist based in the UK with a PhD in virology from the University ... they found that the TCG triplet introduced the new building block into the protein at the highest ...