San Francisco-based genetic testing firm 23andMe on Sunday announced that it has filed for bankruptcy, leaving customers ...

Chances are you've seen an illustration of DNA's double-helix structure and even pictures of the chromosomes that make up the human genome. But where and how does the famous double helix fit into ...

For the first time, scientists have witnessed the very moment DNA begins to unravel, revealing a necessary molecular event ...

Arthur Kornberg compared DNA to a tape recording of instructions that can be copied over and over. How do cells make these near-perfect copies, and does the process ever vary? In reality ...

Every spring, three species of nectar-feeding bats travel several hundred miles from Mexico into Arizona, New Mexico and ...

DNA repair proteins act like the body's editors ... "Most cancer drugs target proteins that are also needed by healthy cells," notes Lander. "Specifically, targeting Pol-theta should only kill ...