Scientists at NUS have found that DNA’s phosphate groups can guide chemical reactions like molecular “hands.” Chemists at the (NUS) have discovered an unexpected way to use deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) ...

A team of scientists at the University of Seville has identified an essential process that protects DNA integrity in reproductive cells, providing new clues about how organisms avoid genetic defects ...

The human genome is riddled with relics of viral infections—bits of DNA from viruses that have been inserted in human DNA ...

The two main approaches for discovering disease genes reveal distinct aspects of biology, a new study shows. While both ...

The revolutionary tool uncovers where small hammerhead sharks still survive — and how science could save them.

Scientists are hopeful it will improve understanding of how genes work, what goes wrong in disease, and how to fix it.

A collaboration led by Max Delbrück Center and University of Bath has uncovered how ancient viral DNA controls a gene linked ...

Published in Current Biology, a new method from scientists at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) harnesses ‘jumping genes’ to recreate the termite tree of life, showcasing a new ...

Smith, a microbiologist whose discovery revolutionize the field of genetic engineering, was a Johns Hopkins School of ...

A new study reveals that 93% of fish species live outside previously known ranges, using DNA from seawater to uncover hidden marine biodiversity.

Understanding how cells turn genes on and off is one of biology's most enduring mysteries. Now, a new technology developed by chemist Brian Liau and his collaborators at Harvard offers an ...

Brains with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) show DNA damage similar to Alzheimer’s. Study links genetic stress to ...