The way DNA folds inside the nucleus of brain cells may hold the key to understanding a devastating form of brain cancer ...

Kanazawa University and colleagues have achieved a breakthrough in understanding sperm DNA packaging. Using high-speed atomic ...

Certain DNA sequences can form structures other than the canonical double helix. These alternative DNA conformations—referred ...

New research challenges the view that proteins are the only key to evolution, highlighting the importance of lipids.

An international research team has provided a detailed insight into how the spatial organization of genetic material is established in the cell nucleus of early embryos within the first hours after ...

Their findings are published in Nucleic Acids Research. In most cells, DNA is wrapped around proteins called histones, allowing it to be loosely packed and accessible for gene activity. However, in ...

DNA strand displacement circuits are inching closer to becoming cellular machines. Scientists are finding ways to make these ...

Despite its expanding legalization in the U.S., scientists are still learning about the effects of marijuana use. One recent ...

Researchers might have just stumbled upon a potential answer to why younger adults are getting more colorectal cancer—without ...

A few years ago, the advent of technology known as CRISPR was a major breakthrough in the scientific world. Developed from a ...