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

It's a technology that doesn't even exist yet, but its effects could be so drastically destructive that scientists in the ...

DNA aptamers are powerful molecular tools in biosensing, bioimaging and therapeutics. However, a limited understanding of ...

A new study led by researchers at the University of Cambridge, in collaboration with international institutions, has ...

The Skhul child fossil, about 140,000 years old, combines human-like and Neanderthal-like traits in the skull, jaw, and inner ...

Could a natural check on cancer be used to stop the disease? It's possible, but to leverage a system that nature designed, we ...

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

DNA’s chemical cousin, RNA, was the messenger that carries DNA instructions from the double helix in the cell’s nucleus to ...

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

A new study led by researchers at the University of Cambridge, in collaboration with international institutions, has ...

The G4-DNA structure can therefore be involved in both the enhanced and impairment of transcription in active neurons, based on their activity, to enable different memory states.

MSK researchers shed new light on G-quadruplexes, a type of secondary DNA structure that has attracted attention as a potential therapeutic target in cancer.