A breakthrough live-cell sensor makes DNA repair visible as it happens, unlocking new possibilities in biology and medicine.

Scientists searching for new ways to combat cancer think they may have uncovered a promising new lead in the DNA of the ...

Scientists have uncovered an unexpected function for a crucial protein involved in cell division. Reported in two consecutive publications, the finding challenges long-accepted models and standard ...

Cancer research, drug safety testing and aging biology may all gain a major boost from a new fluorescent sensor developed at ...

Cornell researchers have found that a new DNA sequencing technology can be used to study how transposons move within and bind ...

The standard of care in cancer, adopted in the 1990s, is built on consensus based clinical research over large patient populations. However, if we know biologically each person is unique, then a ...

What’s the story behind DNA melting temperature analysis? UV-Visible absorption spectroscopy can be used to assess the characteristics of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), a naturally occurring polymer ...

In September, David Baltimore — the scientist who discovered reverse transcriptase, a breakthrough often described as one of ...

Forget invisible ink – in the future spies could be sending secret messages encoded directly into the DNA of living cells. Researchers at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) have demonstrated a ...

All the cells in an organism have the exact same genetic sequence. What differs across cell types is their ...

Humanity is generating data faster than it can be stored, and the hard drives and tape libraries that quietly underpin the ...

“CRISPR is an elegant bioengineered system derived from bacteria that has reshaped the gene-editing field and earned the 2022 ...