Before a cell divides, its DNA is replicated so that each daughter cell inherits the same genetic information. The two copies ...

What is DNA, and how does it work? You don't need a degree in genetics to understand. Here, we'll give an overview of DNA and ...

DNA data storage is a big deal. Partly, it's because we're based on DNA, and any research into manipulation of that molecule will pay dividends for medicine and biology in general -- but in part, it's ...

Shakespeare’s entire catalog of sonnets and eight of his tragedies, all of Wikipedia’s English-language pages, and one of the first movies ever made: scientists have been able to fit the contents of ...

Biology lectures teach students that when a cell’s replication machinery comes together, DNA polymerase takes off down the double-helix like a car on a highway ...

The Pol-theta enzyme (blue) joins two parts of a broken DNA strand (yellow). This process is mutagenic and can give rise to cancer. LA JOLLA, CA—DNA repair proteins act like the body’s editors, ...

Aging, neurological diseases and our bodies' stress response are all linked to the tiny power plants inside each cell known ...

For decades, scientists thought the noncoding parts of DNA were useless leftovers. Today, that view has completely changed.

Desire jumped partially inside a nearby building; the debris crushed his foot. "I would absolutely be dead," said Desire if ...