Research shows synthetic chromosomes can be transferred to human cells with potential to improve viral resistance ...

With a rate of mutation 35 percent higher than random chance, this previously unknown weakness could be a major vector for ...

When cells proliferate, genomic DNA is precisely duplicated once per cell cycle. Abnormalities in this DNA replication ...

An international research team has identified a human protein, ANKLE1, as the first DNA-cutting enzyme (nuclease) in mammals ...

Transposable elements are stretches of DNA that can move around the genome. Many of these DNA sequences originate from long ...

Researchers have revealed that so-called “junk DNA” contains powerful switches that help control brain cells linked to ...

A new study from the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences (LMS) in London, UK reveals how ancient viral DNA once written off as ...

In a new study, scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig analyzed the impact of more ...

A newly revealed molecular tug-of-war may have implications for better understanding how a multitude of diseases and ...

What keeps our cells the right size? Scientists have long puzzled over this fundamental question, since cells that are too ...