New imaging tools reveal how within an hour of infection, the virus begins to alter our chromosomes to kick-start its own replication.

Problems during DNA replication can cause the genome to become disorganized, which is often a key step on the route to cancer. Some genetic diseases, too, result from problems with DNA replication.

Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) replication is fundamental to life, yet the precise mechanics of how helicases unwind the genome for replication remain unclear. A recent study published in Nature used ...

When not undergoing replication, DNA molecules float freely within the cytoplasm of a cell. This makes them available to the ...

The cold sore-causing Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV-1) hijacks human cells and reconfigures its DNA within just an hour after ...

Without enough materials, you can't replicate DNA at the same speed, which also slows down the replication process. So, there are a lot of different causes. I've touched on two major ones.

Their findings, which were published March 7 in Science, one of world’s leading scientific journals, not only reveal new details about how secondary DNA structures like G4s can impede DNA replication, ...

Your DNA is continually damaged by sources both inside and outside your body. One especially severe form of damage called a ...