DNA's iconic double helix does more than "just" store genetic information. Under certain conditions, it can temporarily fold ...

A strand of RNA just 45 nucleotides long has been discovered to perform two key reactions required for self-replication. The ...

DNA is often described as the instruction manual for building the fundamental components of life. Proteins are helpers that ...

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 ...

If severe DNA damage is not repaired, the consequences for the health of cells and tissues are dramatic. A study led by ...

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 ...

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

A new study has uncovered a hidden step that helps the deadliest malaria parasite survive and multiply inside the human body. Researchers studying Plasmodium falciparum found that the parasite relies ...

In May 1952, Rosalind Franklin and Raymond Gosling captured Photo 51, a crucial X-ray diffraction image revealing DNA's ...

Every time a cell divides, it must copy its entire genome so that each daughter cell inherits a complete set of DNA. During that process, enzymes known as polymerases race along the DNA to copy its ...