Scientists have provided the most detailed account yet of the earliest stages of DNA replication, an essential process for ...

Scientists have finally captured footage of the microscopic machinery that allows our cells to copy DNA—a fundamental process ...

For the first time, scientists have witnessed the very moment DNA begins to unravel, revealing a necessary molecular event ...

MSK researchers shed new light on G-quadruplexes, a type of secondary DNA structure that has attracted attention as a potential therapeutic target in cancer.

Feedback, a Lego fan, delves into a new science-related set, and learns that the model of a DNA double helix is the wrong way around. Time for some jokes about mirror ...

DNA is fundamental to the biology of all life on Earth, but how many of us actually know what it is or what it's made of?

Using cutting-edge cryo-electron microscopy, scientists at the University of Leicester have captured the first detailed “molecular movie” showing DNA being unzipped at the atomic level. The movie ...

Scientists at the University of Leicester have captured the first detailed “molecular movie” showing DNA being unzipped at ...

DNA is a linear biopolymer, a compound biomolecule in the form of a double helix. Polymers are made of monomers, and in DNA, these monomers are called nucleotides or nucleobases. The enzymes that ...

The discovery, published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature, is stated to have far-reaching implications, helping us to ...