Our DNA is arranged into chromosomes that carry a kind of protective shield at their ends, called telomeres. These protective ...

Despite the capability of antiretroviral drugs to suppress HIV to undetectable levels, some people living with the human ...

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Northwestern Medicine scientists have uncovered a surprising link between a tiny cellular engine and the way cancer cells ...

Cornell researchers have found that a new DNA sequencing technology can be used to study how transposons move within and bind ...

Researchers from Karolinska Institutet have discovered how mammalian cells prevent the gradual buildup of harmful mutations ...

Debbie Dorian's 1996 murder went cold, but DNA evidence would finally put her killer behind bars and unravel a shocking tale ...

His decoding of the blueprint for life with Francis H.C. Crick made him one of the most important scientists of the 20th ...

A previously unknown type of DNA damage in the mitochondria, the tiny power plants inside our cells, could shed light on how ...

DNA, often called the blueprint of life, is built from four chemical building blocks known as deoxy-nucleoside triphosphates (dNTPs)—dATP, dTTP, dGTP, and dCTP. Cells constantly need these molecules ...

The co-discoverer of the structure of DNA helped to strengthen a US research institute and wrote a classic textbook, but also ...