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In a way, sequencing DNA is very simple: There's a molecule, you look at it, and you write down what you find. You'd think it would be easy—and, for any one letter in the sequence, it is. The problem ...

Researchers at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge have discovered a ribozyme that is shockingly small, yet ...

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Over the past two decades, researchers have learned that DNA inside the cell nucleus naturally folds into a network of ...

By Tarun Sai Lomte Scientists identify a DNA methylation alcohol biomarker that tracks exposure and aging signals, offering ...

DNA's iconic double helix does more than "just" store genetic information. Under certain conditions it can temporarily fold into unusual shapes. Researchers at Umeå University, Sweden, have now shown ...