By creating a more true-to-life representation of DNA's environment, researchers at Northwestern University have discovered ...

A new international study suggests that ancient viral DNA embedded in our genome, which were long dismissed as genetic "junk, ...

Credit: Kateryna Kon/Science Photo Library/ What is DNA, and how does it work? You don't need a degree in genetics to understand. Here, we'll give an overview of DNA and answer questions ...

Broken String Biosciences today announced that its INDUCE-seq™ DNA break-mapping technology had been used in a peer-reviewed research paper to characterize off-target effects of CRISPR-Cas9 gene ...

A new research paper was published in Aging (listed by MEDLINE/PubMed as "Aging (Albany NY)" and "Aging-US" by Web of Science) Volume 15, Issue 19, entitled, "Reduction of double-strand DNA break ...

Researchers have made an unexpectedly sudden advance in synthesizing long molecules of DNA, bringing them closer to the goal of redesigning genes and programming cells to make pharmaceuticals. The ...

More information: Cody M. Rogers et al, CTC1-STN1-TEN1 controls DNA break repair pathway choice via DNA end resection blockade, Science (2025). DOI: 10.1126/science.adt3034 Journal information ...

DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) are one of the most deleterious types of DNA lesions, which can result in mutagenic events or cell death if left unrepaired or repaired inappropriately. In general ...

A cohort of eight babies at risk of inheriting mitochondrial disease were born without complications after British scientists ...

Many use DNA kits, like Ancestry or 23andMe, and discover new relatives. But often they find long-lost family that won't share their medical history.