The DNA damage from ionizing radiation (IR) erupting from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster of 1986 is showing up in the ...

In 1869, Swiss scientist Friedrich Miescher isolated a mysterious substance from cell nuclei—an overlooked finding that would ...

Scientists have discovered that DNA behaves in a surprising way when squeezed through tiny nanopores, overturning a long-held ...

Most of us wandered through high school biology class, mostly worried about passing the next exam or trying to avoid dissecting a frog. We stared at diagrams of squiggly lines and letters without ...

Investigators retrieved a DNA sample from a glove linked to a masked suspect seen near Nancy Guthrie's home before her abduction. Preliminary results are pending formal confirmation. Several gloves ...

Researchers from the University of Birmingham have uncovered answers that provide the detail to explain two specific DNA repair processes that have long been in question. The publication of two papers ...

Leiden researchers, led by Sebastian Pomplun, have developed a new method to screen hundreds of thousands of molecules for drug discovery, using mass spectrometry instead of DNA tags. "We wanted to ...

DNA from 2,000-year-old lentils reveals key genes for protecting crops from heat and the current global climate crisis.