A team led by Professor Kazuhiro Maeshima of the National Institute of Genetics (ROIS) and SOKENDAI in Japan has developed a ...

Chances are you've seen an illustration of DNA's double-helix structure and even pictures of the chromosomes that comprise the human genome. But where and how does the famous double helix fit into ...

If there were no way to fill this gap, the DNA molecule would get shorter and shorter with every generation. However, the ends of linear chromosomes—the telomeres—have several properties that ...

Less good is the fact that Neanderthal DNA can leave individuals predisposed to developing skin lesions called keratoses, ...

A physically consistent and realistic structural model for DNA organization in chromosomes must be compatible with all the ...

In 1982, Nadrian Seeman, a chemist and crystallographer at New York University, laid the conceptual foundation for what is now known as DNA nanotechnology. Seeman's work on the structural properties ...

Atomic force microscope–based single-molecule force spectroscopy was employed to measure sequence-dependent mechanical properties of DNA by stretching individual DNA double strands attached ...

Scientists in The Wistar Institute lab of David B. Weiner, Ph.D., have described a next-generation vaccination technology ...

What are the ensuing social, ethical, and practical implications of DNA research for descendent communities, Indigenous peoples, and other stakeholders? What are the intersections of genetic and ...

During DNA replication, the double helix unwinds, and each strand serves as a template for synthesizing a new complementary strand. Adenine on the template strand will always pair with thymine on the ...