An unusual DNA structure may hold the key to treating one of the deadliest cancers affecting women, which claims more than ...

He and a colleague proved a theory advanced by the Nobel Prize winners James Watson and Francis Crick, who discovered DNA’s ...

Imagine if you could "print" a tiny skyscraper using DNA instead of steel. That’s what researchers at Columbia and Brookhaven ...

In biology textbooks and beyond, the human genome and DNA therein typically are taught in only one dimension. While it can be ...

When the Empire State Building was constructed, its 102 stories rose above midtown one piece at a time, with each individual element combining to become, for 40 years, the world's tallest building.

Scientists at The Wistar Institute have discovered how a key protein from the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), EBNA-LP, ...

A still image from a three-dimensional video rendering shows a key protein involved in DNA repair in many organisms. Here, ...

MIT equips students with the tools to advance science and engineering - but a new class aims to ensure they also develop ...

The team recovered protein fragments from teeth found at multiple sites across Turkana, ranging in age from 1.5 to 18 million ...

Investigating chromatin's 3D architecture reveals its influence on gene regulation, shedding light on mechanisms underlying ...

Scientists have recovered genetic material from a skull found in northeastern China, which they say reveals the most complete ...

Franklin W. Stahl, an American molecular biologist whose landmark 1957-58 experiment with colleague Matthew Meselson revealed ...