Japanese scientists detected all five nucleobases — building blocks of DNA and RNA — in samples returned from asteroid Bennu ...

DNA transcription is the vital first step needed for switching on our genes. For a gene to be switched on, it must be acted ...

A recent study by researchers from Peking University demonstrates the potential of nuclear electric resonance to control the nuclear spins of nitrogen atoms in DNA using electric field gradients, ...

The building blocks of DNA have been found in samples returned to Earth from an asteroid, suggesting life rained down from ...

Base editing utilizes enzymes to modify single amino acids at the most foundational unit of DNA, called a base.

Asteroids, small airless bodies within the inner solar system, are theorized to have contributed water and chemical building blocks of life to Earth billions of years ago. Although meteorites on Earth ...

Samples contain all five nucleobases of DNA and RNA, supporting theory that asteroids may have seeded Earth with life's ...

Watson and Crick discovered that the DNA we each carry while strutting around consists of two intertwined, twisted spirals of chemical compounds – a structure commonly described as a double helix.

During ssDNA translocation of PcrA and UvrD monomers, the hydrolysis of one molecule of ATP is coupled to movement by one base along the DNA. However, in many cases, larger translocation steps of ...

About 2,000 people in Australia are affected by Huntington's disease, a fatal and incurable condition that affects the ...

Financial writer discusses MGX's gene editing technology, cash runway, and lack of clinical data for potential future ...