Researchers have discovered giant DNA structures in oral bacteria, and data hint they could influence the function of your ...

A University of Alberta research team has uncovered a new role for a genetic mutation previously known to be linked to ...

Researchers at Karolinska Institute and SciLifeLab in Sweden report they have improved the ability of a protein to repair oxidative DNA damage and created a new protein function. Their new technique ...

Molecular biologists have long believed that the beginning of a gene launched the process of transcription—the process by ...

Naked mole-rats are one of nature's most extraordinary creatures. These burrowing rodents can live for up to 37 years, around ...

Children living in war-torn countries not only suffer from poor mental health outcomes, but war may cause adverse biological changes at the DNA level, which could have lifelong health impacts, ...

Researchers have demonstrated a technology capable of a suite of data storage and computing functions -- repeatedly storing, retrieving, computing, erasing or rewriting data -- that uses DNA rather ...

DNA nanotechnology involves the development of synthetic DNA genomes. Owing to their unique chemical and structural properties, DNA is used as programmable material for the controlled synthesis of ...

Long-term exposure to fine air pollution can impair metabolic health by disrupting the normal function of brown fat in mice.