Scientists have turned an old idea on its head. A new paper reports that stretches of so-called “junk DNA” can help injured ...

Maria Jasin, PhD, whose research on DNA repair has transformed our understanding of cancers, has been selected as the 2025 recipient of the Greengard Prize.

While scientists are amassing a fair amount of data regarding our gut microbiomes, the oral microbiome is a bit of a new ...

More than a decade ago, scientists harnessed a bacterial molecular machine that identifies and cuts specific sections of DNA, ...

Reporting in Nature, scientists have identified a novel process that protects the ends of chromosomes from incorrectly applied DNA repair.. | Cell And Molecular Biology ...

Extremophiles are a favorite tool of astrobiologists. But not only are they good for understanding the kind of extreme ...

A newly developed tool utilises AI to predict how cells repair their DNA after it is cut by gene editing tools such as CRISPR ...

Using optical tweezers, researchers at National Taiwan University have observed individual binding events in real time, ...

Germ cell tumors (GCTs) are a heterogeneous group of neoplasms that predominantly affect adolescents and young adults. Notably, geographical disparities in GCT incidence exist, with higher rates ...

Your car's windshield is one of its most important parts, as it directly shields you from the wind (hence the name, although it's called "windscreen" in the U.K.) and other debris that gets thrown up ...

Angie Rush said she was distraught when notified of the vandalism against the Bass Reeves statue. Rush said sometime between June 28 and Aug. 21, someone took off part of the billy club in Reeves' ...

Why sperm, though? "Studies indicate that salmon sperm are the most suitable source for the extraction of highly purified DNA without the risk of impurities due to their low levels of proteins, ...