Researchers have discovered how cells activate a last-resort DNA repair system when severe damage strikes. When genetic ...

Chemist Anne Lüscher showed at 39C3 how synthetic DNA can be used for data storage and tamper-proof authentication.

For decades, biology textbooks taught that DNA’s story could be told with a single image: two elegant strands twisting in a ...

Harvard Medical School researchers have uncovered crucial insights into how an emerging class of antiviral drugs works.

RRS1, a ribosome-biogenesis factor previously linked to tumor growth, is now shown to be indispensable for normal human ...

Contrarius Investment Management, an investment management company, released its third-quarter investor letter for the ...

Study uncovers key insights about how a new class of antiviral drugs works. Cryo-EM images showed the drugs bound to herpes simplex virus (HSV) protein at nearly atomic detail, while optical tweezers ...

Artificial intelligence has just redrawn the map of our genome’s control room, revealing hundreds of thousands of tiny DNA ...

To our immune system, a potentially lifesaving gene therapy can look a lot like a dangerous infection. That's because most genetic medicine uses viruses or double-stranded DNA to deliver genetic ...