The RAD52-DNA complex is a dynamic guardian of genomic stability. When this balance falters, cells may either self-destruct or, worse, turn cancerous.

Frogs have made significant contributions to Fred Hutch science over the years as a model organism that shares much of our ...

This may help explain how cells maintain identity while still adapting to new environments: memory nodes link genetic information to physical structure, allowing new genome ‘stories’ to be written ...

A team of Chinese scientists has uncovered a hidden 3D structure in rice DNA that allows the crop to grow more grain while ...

Genetic tweaks allowed early humans to stand, balance and walk on two legs instead of moving on all fours like other primates, according to researchers.

Cancer treatment has always been a balancing act—hit the tumor hard enough to kill it, but not so hard that the patient ...

An artificial intelligence model predicts how brain immune cells react to RNA and DNA nanoparticles, helping scientists design safer and more effective nucleic acid therapies faster.

The 55th Lewis S. Rosenstiel Award for Distinguished Work in Basic Medical Research has been awarded to professor Steven ...

In a promising advance for cancer treatment, Northwestern University scientists have re-engineered the molecular structure of ...

A major US study reveals that marijuana use leaves measurable chemical traces in DNA, altering genes related to mental health ...

For decades, scientists believed the essence of life was written solely in four chemical bases: A, C, T, and G. Together, ...