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

Engineered cells are a high-value genetic asset that is key to many fields, including biotechnology, medicine, aging, and ...

Short tandem repeat profiling of bathwater showed that DNA quantity jumps sharply after a person is immersed in the water for ...

As many DNA datasets are openly accessible online, the study warns it is possible for cybercriminals to misuse the information for surveillance, manipulation, or malicious experimentation. Dr Anjum ...

As climate change outpaces the ability of ecosystems to adapt, scientists are turning to conservation genomics to guide ...

What if the Trojan horse had been pulled to pieces, revealing the ruse and fending off the invasion, just as it entered the ...

A key feature of this process is natural competence, the ability of bacteria to take up free DNA from their surroundings. V. cholerae becomes naturally competent when it grows on chitinous surfaces, a ...

Every cell in your body faces the same engineering puzzle: how to cram roughly two meters of DNA into a nucleus just a few ...

Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a double-stranded circular DNA virus with a genome of approximately 7–8 kb. This study aimed to ...

Animal life began in aquatic environments more than 600 million years ago. Around 500 million years ago, during the Cambrian ...