Fluorogenic DNA aptamers produce light only in the correct structural state, enabling programmable molecular logic, ...

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

One of the hallmarks of DNA damage is the rapid spreading of phosphorylated histone H2A (γ-H2AX) around a DNA double-strand break (DSB). In the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, nearly all H2A ...

New live-cell DNA damage sensor lets scientists watch repair unfold in real time, potentially opening doors for cancer and aging research.

Moligo Technologies, a DNA synthesis company advancing gene therapies, announced today the publication of an article in Nature Communications that demonstrates enzymatically synthesized ...

We are exposed to ionizing radiation more often than we think: when we bathe in the sun, which emits UV rays, or when we get X-rayed. Even when we are travelling on an intercontinental flight, which ...

Genomic deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is continuously being damaged by endogenous processes such as metabolism or by exogenous events such as radiation. The specific phosphorylation of histone H2AX on ...

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

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

Centuries-old genetic material can solve historical mysteries, from lost species to what killed Napoleon’s army.