It’s the most famous corkscrew in history. Now an electron microscope has captured the famous Watson-Crick double helix in all its glory, by imaging threads of DNA resting on a silicon bed of nails.

Advanced light microscopy techniques are giving scientists a new understanding of human biology and what goes wrong in ...

Cryo-electron microscopy reveals hidden mechanics of DNA replication, sheds new light on cancer target Date: March 10, 2025 Source: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Summary: Researchers shed ...

The DNA in our cells is constantly damaged, with the most severe being the simultaneous breakage of both strands that compose ...

But it wasn't until 2012 that scientists captured a direct photo of DNA using an electron microscope, Live Science previously reported.

This technique, called volumetric DNA microscopy, creates a 3D image of an entire organism from the inside out, giving scientists an unprecedented view of genetic sequences and where they are ...

Using cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM), a team of structural and molecular biologists at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) set out to investigate G4s — which have gained attention as ...