Cyanobacteria—ancient microbes that oxygenated Earth and made complex life possible—are still revealing surprises billions of ...

Scientists from Skoltech and the University of Potsdam have developed a physical theory that sheds light on how molecular ...

New analytical methods developed at Baylor College of Medicine and collaborating institutions have increased our ...

Working on human pus in a medieval castle, Miescher discovered a substance that would eventually unlock our understanding of ...

Every cell in your body faces the same engineering puzzle: how to cram roughly two meters of DNA into a nucleus just a few ...

New work from UC Davis and the University of Utah shows how the 3D structure of DNA inside a germ cell commits it to develop into a sperm cell. The discovery could improve understanding of fertility ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Tokyo team built a neutral PEG-DNA complex that boosted gene expression in mouse muscle, avoiding cation-linked inflammation.

The human genome has to be carefully organized so it will fit inside of the nuclei of cells, while also remaining accessible to the cellular machinery that works to express the right genes at the ...

The new method relies on methyl groups, small chemical tags attached to DNA that regulate whether genes are on or off. This ...