A study links the loss of DNA methylation across the genome—as is common in cancer—to the disruption of the 3-D compartments that organize the genome and to the timing of DNA replication. Cell lines ...

Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) replication is fundamental to life, yet the precise mechanics of how helicases unwind the genome for replication remain unclear. A recent study published in Nature used ...

On the other hand, animals — including humans — self-replicate all the time using DNA. Now, scientists are making tiny nanorobots from DNA that can assemble more DNA, including copies of ...

Ingrida Domarkienė, a geneticist at Vilnius University in Lithuania, discusses the exciting developments made possible by ...

Researchers from the University of Birmingham have uncovered answers that provide the detail to explain two specific DNA repair processes that have long been in question.

Cancer patients across the country could soon benefit from a game-changing breakthrough in how doctors identify who will ...

Scientists at the University of California, Riverside, have discovered how adult stem cells retain their regenerative power.

A major new study has revealed that the genes we inherit at birth play a much larger role in cancer than previously ...

An INRS research team has identified a new family of enzymes that can make precise cuts in single-stranded DNA. A few years ago, the introduction of CRISPR technology marked a significant breakthrough ...

Scientists have found a way to sample DNA out of the air on a nationwide scale, making it possible to someday track the health and well-being of species around the globe.

Researchers have uncovered answers that provide the detail to explain two specific DNA repair processes that have long been in question.

A team was able to edit the DNA of Lactobacillus strains directly without a template from other organisms. This technique is indistinguishable from natural variation and enabled the researchers to ...