Researchers have identified a physical process called “mitochondrial pearling” that explains how cells keep their ...

Scientists reveal a hidden second layer of human DNA, showing how genome folding controls genes and influences disease development.

Scientists used a bacterial system called retron to turn DNA into a programmable tool inside living cells, enabling gene ...

Researchers have built a platform that programs short DNA fragments inside living cells to control protein activity, all ...

DNA can mimic protein functions by folding into elaborate, three-dimensional structures, according to a new study. DNA can mimic protein functions by folding into elaborate, three-dimensional ...

Some of your most important life partners are the mitochondria that power all your cells. You and these little cellular ...

DNA robots are emerging as tiny programmable machines that could one day deliver drugs, hunt viruses, and build ...

A change in the DNA sequence of a codon may not change the corresponding amino acid residue in the encoded protein because each residue can be encoded by several codons. This is called the Wobble ...

RNA Polymerase (shown in blue) moves across a template strand of DNA (shown in purple) and transcribes it into RNA (shown in red). But DNA damage blocks the RNA polymerase, causing it to stall and ...