A diagram of the DRT3 system, showing Drt3a in yellow and Drt3b in blue. (Hyunbin Lee) Scientists have just discovered an ...

Scientists from Skoltech and the University of Potsdam have developed a physical theory that sheds light on how molecular ...

Shixin Liu is pioneering new ways of studying the tiny proteins that copy and read DNA in living cells. (Credit: Roshni ...

Discovery reshapes understanding of how tumor cells repair broken DNA, pointing toward more precise cancer therapies.

Language may feel like one of the most distinctly human things about you, but the genetic groundwork for it appears to be ...

DNA inside the nucleus is not packed as a rigid regular fiber—linker histone H1 dynamically binds and loosely "glues" nucleosomes together, creating a dynamic, fluid organization that can still ...

Researchers were aiming to find a genetic solution to a rare and devastating disease but were not able to identify one. However, in the process they ...

On 25 April 1953, Watson and Crick published an article, in the acclaimed journal “Nature” titled “Molecular structure of nucleic acids: A structure for deoxyribonucleic acid”. The one-page article ...

Recognising impressive contribution and transformative impact across the molecular biosciences, the Biochemical Society has ...

Frailty can creep up quietly. One year a person is carrying groceries without thinking about it; a few years later, a stumble ...

Some 254 million people live with a chronic hepatitis B (HBV) infection that is often asymptomatic for decades, only to ...

A new study from MIT suggests that a carcinogen that has been found in medications and in drinking water contaminated by ...