Tying protein to fraying DNA solves mystery of illness for patients around the world

New research from the University of Wisconsin–Madison reveals that dysfunction in a protein essential to maintaining ...

3D DNA looping discovery in rice paves the way for higher yields with less fertilizer

A team of Chinese scientists has uncovered a hidden 3D structure in rice DNA that allows the crop to grow more grain while ...
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Open-source protein structure AI aims to match AlphaFold

The developers of OpenFold3 have released an early version of the tool, which they hope will one day perform on par with DeepMind’s protein-structure model.

Ancient protein Dicer and RNase H are both needed to resolve transcription–replication collisions, study reveals

Could yeast and humans be any more different? Going by looks alone, probably not. But peering into our genomes reveals ...
Nature

Bowhead whales can live for more than 200 years — this protein might be why

How bowhead whales live so long. Researchers have uncovered a protein that enhances DNA repair and might explai ...
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Scientists uncover hidden ‘geometric code’ that helps DNA compute and remember

For decades, scientists believed the essence of life was written solely in four chemical bases: A, C, T, and G. Together, ...
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From Sequence to Shape: Scientists Discover the Possible Geometric Blueprint of Complex Life

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 ...