Subtle genomic variations between humans and Neanderthals provide clues to how DNA shapes our facial features.

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

Our faces define us, but how our DNA contributes to our appearance remains unclear. Researchers investigated how human facial differences are encoded in our genomes by studying the DNA of Neanderthals ...

Among the many marvels of life is the cell's ability to divide and thus enable organisms to grow and renew themselves. For this, the cell must duplicate its DNA—its genome—and segregate it equally ...

Picture in your mind a traditional "landline" telephone with a coiled cord connecting the handset to the phone. The coiled telephone cord and the DNA double helix that stores the genetic material in ...

This illustration shows proteins and DNA in the process of DNA repair. RecA proteins (gold) cradle a single-stranded DNA (brown) that searches for homology with a DNA template (purple). The template ...

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Picture in your mind a traditional “landline” telephone with a coiled cord connecting the handset to the phone. The coiled telephone cord and the DNA double helix that stores the genetic material in ...

Through powerful high-resolution microscopy and precise biochemical methods, researchers at the Sloan Kettering Institute have seen for the first time how proteins and DNA come together to commence ...

Alphabet Inc.’s Google DeepMind today introduced AlphaGenome, a new artificial intelligence tool that can comprehensively predict how mutations or variants in human DNA sequences impact gene ...

DNA repair proteins act like the body's editors, constantly finding and reversing damage to our genetic code. Researchers have long struggled to understand how cancer cells hijack one of these ...

Researchers identified a new, sticky form of mitochondrial DNA damage that builds up at dramatically higher levels than in ...