In a step toward better understanding how the ocean sequesters carbon, new findings from UC Santa Barbara researchers and ...

We have long struggled to determine how the first living organisms on Earth came together. Now, surprising evidence hints that poorly understood prions may have been the vital missing ingredient ...

Mitochondria are often described as the cell’s power plants, but a wave of new research suggests their genetic material may ...

The protein, reverse transcriptase, has become an essential tool for making DNA copies of RNA.

In a quiet lab at Utrecht University, researchers have built a tool that lets you watch one of life’s most serious crises ...

The human gut renews itself faster than any other tissue: every few days, new cells are created from specialized stem cells.

CRISPR-based gene editing has revolutionized modern biology, but these tools are unable to access the DNA that resides inside ...

Scientists have pinpointed precise regions in the human genome where DNA is most likely to develop a mutation. At spots where RNA polymerase 'opens' your DNA to read and copy instructions – known as ...

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

We all know stress is bad for your health, but it does not stop at heart disease. Chronic stress can lead to damage and impaired repair at a cellular level.

The findings may have important implications for diseases linked to mitochondrial dysfunction. A newly identified form of DNA damage inside mitochondria, the small structures that supply energy to our ...