With almost all of its citizens’ genes already sequenced in a national database, it’s the test case for an ambitious—and, to ...

A Northwestern team transformed a common chemotherapy drug into a powerful, targeted cancer therapy using spherical nucleic ...

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) ...

Illumina Inc. said the Chinese government has lifted a ban on the company selling its DNA sequencing machines inside the country.

Michael Buck, PhD, professor of biochemistry in the Jacobs School, recently received NIH funding to explore how molecular readers of DNA access and activate seemingly hidden genes.

Traces of plague bacteria were found in a medieval skeleton from St Giles' Cathedral after new scientific analysis.

Researchers have created a detailed map of chemical modifications to DNA that occur in the human brain from the earliest ...

A better understanding of protein glycosylation offers insights into disease mechanisms and helps improve therapeutic medicines.

Within each cell, there is a constant struggle between life-sustaining molecules and molecules that could hasten its demise. For the first time, scientists have created a molecule that can identify ...

Hospitals, diagnostic laboratories, and research institutions are rapidly adopting PCR and sequencing technologies to enhance ...