Chemists at UCL and the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology have demonstrated how RNA (ribonucleic acid) might have ...

Life is thought to have begun when RNA began replicating itself, and researchers have got close to achieving this in the lab ...

We report the discovery that cardiac glycosides, natural products in clinical use for the treatment of heart failure and atrial arrhythmia, are potent inhibitors of DNA double-strand break (DSB) ...

A baby born with a rare and dangerous genetic disease is growing and thriving after getting an experimental gene editing ...

Researchers work in a mobile Fire-Eye laboratory in Beijing in June 2020. The labs can identify coronavirus infections, as well as decipher and analyze human DNA. (Fu Tian/China News Service/Getty ...

While fundamental, research like this has "been the basis for many, many, many medical advances," Marko said, such as deep sequencing of DNA, where scientists can now sequence an entire human ...

For instance, mouse mERVL and its human cousin hERVL show similar behavior during EGA. These elements not only get reactivated but also influence chromatin structure—the way DNA is packaged ...

Modern DNA suggests that the Denisovans were surprisingly diverse—and may have been the last humans other than Homo sapiens on Earth. These piercing eyes belong to a reconstruction of a ...

DNA i-motif structures are formed in the nuclei of human cells and are believed to provide critical genomic regulation. While the existence, abundance, and distribution of i-motif structures in human ...

“After the game last night, our Triple-A manager, Henny (Scott Hennessey) announced to me that I was going to go to the Show. I came in with a very happy and very excited mindset. I’m really ...