A team led by Professor Kazuhiro Maeshima of the National Institute of Genetics (ROIS) and SOKENDAI in Japan has developed a method to visualize different types of chromatin and reveal their distinct ...

One hypothesis is that the DNA loops could determine which genes are switched on in the cell. Inside a nucleus, chromosomes jumble together like a game of Twister. This can bring regulatory elements, ...

Cells use many complex genetic repair backup systems to fix DNA damage and remain healthy throughout their lives.

DNA strand displacement circuits are inching closer to becoming cellular machines. Scientists are finding ways to make these programmable nanodevices stable and functional inside living cells. If ...

Cells go to great lengths to maintain the integrity of this vast store of information. They constantly untangle knots in the DNA strand and create new chemical bonds when a strand of DNA breaks ...

A new part of an ocean plant cell has been discovered that might revolutionize farming one day. The structure can take nitrogen and convert it into the ingredient that helps all organisms grow.

Scientists are now looking to bacteriophage — viruses that infect bacteria — and their potential to treat drug-resistant ...

DNA plasmid vector vaccines carry the genetic information encoding an antigen, allowing the antigen to be produced inside of ... is taken up into cells and transcribed in the nucleus (1).

Phages use this genetic material to develop a nucleus inside their bacterial hosts ... Armbruster identified curious DNA ...

A small protein known for its role in brain diseases like Parkinson’s may also play a surprising role in skin cancer, ...