Scientists at NUS have found that DNA’s phosphate groups can guide chemical reactions like molecular “hands.” Chemists at the (NUS) have discovered an unexpected way to use deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) ...

A team of scientists at the University of Seville has identified an essential process that protects DNA integrity in reproductive cells, providing new clues about how organisms avoid genetic defects ...

The human genome is riddled with relics of viral infections—bits of DNA from viruses that have been inserted in human DNA ...

The two main approaches for discovering disease genes reveal distinct aspects of biology, a new study shows. While both ...

Genomes are key to unlocking life's evolutionary history. The presence and absence of certain genetic sequences and mutations ...

The revolutionary tool uncovers where small hammerhead sharks still survive — and how science could save them.

Scientists are hopeful it will improve understanding of how genes work, what goes wrong in disease, and how to fix it.

Bowhead whales, Earth's longest-living mammals, produce a unique protein that repairs DNA damage. This discovery could help ...

Smith, a microbiologist whose discovery revolutionize the field of genetic engineering, was a Johns Hopkins School of ...

A new study reveals that 93% of fish species live outside previously known ranges, using DNA from seawater to uncover hidden marine biodiversity.

Priority Research Communication by Professor Yogesh Dwivedi and colleagues at the University of Alabama at Birmingham reports original, peer-reviewed findings demonstrating that long noncoding RNAs ...

Brains with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) show DNA damage similar to Alzheimer’s. Study links genetic stress to ...