Researchers have mapped non-B DNA motifs in the genomes of great apes, highlighting their potential role in genome evolution, ...

The study tracks mammoth evolution over a million years using mitogenomes, showing shifts in diversity and lineage tied to ...

Biotech firms are engineering smarter, safer gene delivery systems to enhance the safety and efficacy of genetic medicines.

New research predicts the location of DNA sequences that can form structures besides the canonical double helix — non-B DNA — in the recently released telomere-to-telomere genomes of the great apes, ...

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

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

For uncomplicated urogenital gonorrhea, gepotidacin, which inhibits bacterial DNA replication, is noninferior to ceftriaxone plus azithromycin, according to a study published online April 14 in The ...

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 ...

For the first time, Professor Veyrier and his team at INRS have discovered a family of enzymes that can cut specific sequences in single-stranded DNA. These enzymes, called site-specific ...

Recently, Professor Frédéric Veyrier at the Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) and his team developed a new genetic tool based on a family of specific enzymes called Ssn that allows ...

Proteins are fundamental biomolecules that perform a broad range of vital functions within the human body. They serve as an essential structural and functional component of cells, tissues and organs ...

Researchers at the University of Birmingham have discovered answers that offer detail to explain two distinct DNA repair pathways that have long been debated.