Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine alumnus and former faculty member Hamilton O. Smith, M.D., whose 1978 Nobel Prize-winning discovery of restriction enzymes revolutionized genetic ...
Ribonucleic acid (RNA) is one of life's most versatile molecules, with roles going far beyond being a messenger of genetic ...
Every cell in the body has the same DNA, but different cell types—such as muscle or brain cells—use different parts of it.
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.
Long dismissed as evolutionary leftovers, segments of DNA once labeled “junk” may now offer a novel way to kill off deadly ...
The RAD52-DNA complex is a dynamic guardian of genomic stability. When this balance falters, cells may either self-destruct or, worse, turn cancerous.
New research from the University of Wisconsin–Madison reveals that dysfunction in a protein essential to maintaining ...