Death does not make DNA disappear. Long after the heart has stopped and the brain has lost function, genetic material can remain inside cells and tissues. What changes is the environment around it: ...

Researchers at the Nano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI) at Kanazawa University have directly visualized how enzymes find ...

A cell's ability to repair its damaged DNA is one of the most fundamental processes in biology, helping protect us from ...

A record player-like microscope and computer simulations solve a longtime mystery, showing that metal ions bridge DNA strands ...

Forget processors: this DNA setup could test millions of flight schedules at once by letting chemicals do the math ...

A study found 55 DNA methylation regions differed in pediatric MS, with Epstein-Barr virus infection emerging as the top-ranked pathway.

Why do human brains vary in size and shape, and how did our brains expand over evolutionary time to give us our enhanced ...

Thomas Jefferson’s DNA sheds new light on his relationship with Sally Hemings and supports the longstanding conclusion that ...

Researchers identified a new, sticky form of mitochondrial DNA damage that builds up at dramatically higher levels than in nuclear DNA. These lesions disrupt energy production and activate ...

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02 February 2023, Hesse, Marburg: A press spokeswoman points to a plasmid model at the Görzhausen I Biontech site. Photo: Sebastian Christoph Gollnow/dpa (Photo by Sebastian Christoph Gollnow/picture ...