Although the DNA code from cell to cell is the same, there are many different types of cells within the body, each with a specific function. For example, the long, narrow muscle cell is designed ...

UCLA Health researchers say study findings uncover Huntington's disease mechanisms and pave new ways to develop treatments.

Through a series of experiments, Avery and his colleagues found that only DNA could change R type bacteria into S type. This meant that something about DNA allowed it to carry instructions from ...

For example, a man who has type AB blood could not father a child ... Today, with the advent of numerous DNA sequencing, amplification, and testing techniques, paternity testing has evolved ...

A new study has been published in Nature Communications, presenting the first comprehensive atlas of allele-specific DNA ...

All five nucleobases that make up DNA and RNA have now been detected in meteorite samples, according to a study published yesterday (April 26) in Nature Communications. The work used recently ...