Life's instructions are written in DNA, but it is the enzyme RNA polymerase II (Pol II) that reads the script, transcribing ...

The authors used a combination of super-resolution imaging techniques and liquid pressure flow to fine-tune the stretch ratio of a DNA molecule, improving the lateral resolution of side-by-side ...

This radical new method could preserve our entire knowledge base for thousands of years, in a storage medium the size of a ...

When a gene is expressed, its DNA sequence is transcribed into a molecule known as RNA. Then the cell processes and edits ...

The CRISPR gene editing technique has had a dramatic influence on biomedical research, and has even been applied to a few ...

Dr. Watson was one of three recipients of the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for decoding the genetic blueprint ...

Scientists have recently successfully isolated and sequenced the oldest-known RNA from a juvenile male woolly mammoth – ...

DNA scaffolds that mirror influenza virus protein geometry boost antiviral binding and reduce infection more effectively than free molecules, enabling a modular antiviral design strategy.

Water bears survive cosmic radiation with one DNA-protecting protein, Dsup. Learning how could help protect humans against cancer, heart disease, and more.