Synthetic DNA seems to behave like the natural variety, suggesting that chemicals beyond nature’s four familiar bases could support life on Earth.

Benner’s team, which includes researchers from various US companies and institutions, created the synthetic letters by tweaking the molecular structure of the regular bases. The letters of DNA ...

Coded into letters—A, C, G and T—these instructions govern the way our bodies look and the way they work. In 1953, James Watson and Francis Crick discovered the now-famous "double helix" DNA ...

Updated 2:37 p.m. ET Nine boxes of previously unknown letters, postcards and other correspondence from Francis Crick, one of the co-discoverers of the structure of DNA, have been unearthed in the ...

"DNA is much more than just a string of letters, it's an actual structure that we have to explore if we ever hope to understand biological function. This is a significant step forward, a milestone ...

A couple billion years ago, four molecules danced into the elegant double-helix structure of DNA, which provides the codes for life on our planet. But were these four players really fundamental to ...

When we think of the structure of DNA, the image that most likely comes to mind is that of the iconic double helix. Now, Australian scientists have found a new form, a twisted knot known as the i ...

Conventional DNA is comprised of the familiar A, C, G, and T base pairs, but a newly created genetic system is packed with eight, thus doubling the number of letters normally found in self ...

A deeper understanding of how DNA changes over generations helps scientists learn why people differ and how diseases develop.

A long-lost trove of letters written by and to Francis Crick, co-discoverer of the structure of DNA, has resurfaced, highlighting the tensions between the members of two English laboratories as ...

A letter from DNA pioneer Francis Crick to his son in which he describes the secrets of his groundbreaking model of DNA, weeks before it was made public, is expected to fetch up to USD 2 million ...

A letter from one of the scientists who discovered the structure of DNA to his 12-year-old son – written weeks before the public announcement of his findings in 1953 – will go on sale next month.