Scientists show DNA polymerases can build long, patterned DNA without a template called "doodling," opening new paths for ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising secret about our DNA: it’s not a static blueprint, but a constantly shifting, folding ...

A study in the Chinese Journal of Natural Medicines reports the first high-resolution structure of the major G-quadruplex in the TMPRSS2 promoter and shows how berberine binds and stabilizes it, ...

A mystery surrounding why powerful gene-editing technology that has driven major advances in medicine over the past decade can sometimes make mistakes, has been solved with the help of scientists from ...

Left panels: Atomic Force Microscopy images show how circular DNA can shift from a relaxed shape into a tightly twisted form, and how the gene-editing protein Cas9 binds to this coiled DNA (Credit: ...

Before a cell can divide, it has to precisely duplicate its entire genetic information. However, the DNA in the cell exists ...

Scientists from the University of Sheffield, the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences (LMS) and Imperial College London have helped solve a decade-long ...

Your daily environment - from air to diet - may impact your health as much as your DNA, according to a large new study.

Researchers at Aarhus University have developed a microscopic DNA needle that can deliver molecules directly into cells—and, ...

The results are transforming how scholars understand human history. By analysing parchment, researchers are uncovering ...

DNA robots are emerging as tiny programmable machines that could one day deliver drugs, hunt viruses, and build ...

A metagenomic study of this cloth, controversially purported to bear the imprint of the body of Jesus Christ, has little to ...