DNA holds our genetic blueprints, but its cousin, RNA, conducts our daily lives I n 1957, just four years after Francis Crick ...

In 1957, just four years after Francis Crick and other scientists solved the riddle of DNA’s structure—the now famous double ...

Unexpected slowdowns or spikes in this signal were often interpreted as knots in DNA. But now, a new study published Aug. 12 ...

Cancer cells are notoriously flexible, taking on new features as they move around the body. Many of these changes are due to ...

At school, it’s often presented as a tidy double helix but scientists are revealing the varied and intricate shapes of DNA ...

A research team has successfully identified a novel DNA damage repair pathway in human cells. This study is the first to ...

How does a cell know when it’s been damaged? A molecular alarm, set off by mutated RNA and colliding ribosomes, signals danger. When the sun shines on your skin, what does it hit? When it causes a ...

Scientists are seeking to decipher the role of non-coding DNA in the human genome, helped by a suite of ...