Researchers identify a shared RNA-protein interaction that could lead to broad-spectrum antiviral treatments for ...

With a storage capacity of 36 petabytes, a DNA-based cassette tape can hold every song every recorded, and it could be on the ...

What scientists long believed were knots in DNA may actually be persistent twists formed during nanopore analysis, revealing ...

In a hillside cemetery in southern Italy, the bones of a small Bronze Age community have yielded a secret that their stone ...

Each cell in a plant, animal, or person contains millions, or even billions, of DNA base pairs—molecules connected by hydrogen bonds that are the building blocks of DNA. These base pairs collectively ...

Scientists have identified a new ultraviolet‑absorbing compound in microscopic algae that functions as a natural shield ...

DNA origami cages constrain individual proteins toward preferred orientations on electrodes, dramatically improving ...

Funding to support Phase 1 clinical development of best-in-class PARG inhibitor candidate FORX-428FORX-428 is potential new treatment option for ...

A team of researchers at IOCB Prague headed by Dr. Tomáš Slanina has developed a new method for labeling molecules with fluorescent dyes that surpasses existing approaches in both precision and ...

DNA replication is a semi-conservative process in which half of the newly synthesized strands (daughters) are derived from the original strands (mothers). The confirmation of semi-conservative ...

Often celebrated as a pioneer of genetics alongside Francis Crick, racist and sexist remarks tarnished his reputation in later years. James Watson was credited as the co-discoverer of the structure of ...

James D. Watson, whose role as co-discoverer of the structure of the DNA molecule in 1953 made him one of the key figures in the rise of molecular biology as well as the obvious choice to be first ...