Most cells in the human body each contain about six feet of DNA. Yet the nucleus, where DNA is coiled, is no larger than a ...

Certain DNA sequences can form structures other than the canonical double helix. These alternative DNA conformations—referred ...

An international research team has provided a detailed insight into how the spatial organization of genetic material is established in the cell nucleus of early embryos within the first hours after ...

One of the challenges of fighting pancreatic cancer is finding ways to penetrate the organ's dense tissue to define the margins between malignant and normal tissue.

DNA strand displacement circuits are inching closer to becoming cellular machines. Scientists are finding ways to make these ...

They exist as circular pieces of DNA in the nuclei of tumor cells outside chromosomes. Transcription of the amplified ecDNA genes can promote oncogenic processes, such as the increased expression ...

So now we’re marking the 50th anniversary of the publication of the structure of DNA. Is 50 years just a convenient round number, or does it have any significance, any resonance? As it turned ...

In August, a manufacturer of DNA testing kits sent a letter to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department warning officials to stop using certain test kits that had proved prone to giving ...

Track and field is set to become the first Olympic sport to require participants in women’s events to undergo DNA testing to prove their biological sex following a decision by World Athletics.

Ingrida Domarkienė, a geneticist at Vilnius University in Lithuania, discusses the exciting developments made possible by ...