How does your body produce millions of antibodies from one genome? New research reveals how two closely related proteins help ...

Space is a dangerous place to be, but thanks to a recent DNA study, we know that an extended visit can wreak long-term ...

Genes inherited from the now-extinct Denisovans are actively playing a role in the immune system of some people from Oceania.

Silicon chips have powered computing for half a century. Increasingly, they are also becoming platforms to read and ...

One of the most pressing quests for molecular biologists is to understand the functioning of centromeres, the regions of DNA that hold together the two branches of chromosomes and that play a key role ...

Scientists have captured the highest-resolution images ever taken of DNA, revealing previously unseen twisting and squirming behaviors. Deoxyribonucleic acid, otherwise known as DNA, can be ...

Scientists have discovered that a gene normally considered a DNA-protecting "good guy" can become dangerous when cells make too much of it. The gene, EXO1, acts like molecular scissors that help ...

DNA Repair Pathways in Clinical Practice: Lessons From Pediatric Cancer Susceptibility Syndromes. If you have the appropriate software installed, you can download article citation data to the citation ...

By Naina Rao For more than 160 years, the Himalayan pit viper was believed to be a single species, found across the Himalayas ...

Childhood trauma may do more than affect mental health. A new study reveals how early stress can speed up cellular ageing and ...