Researchers have revealed that so-called “junk DNA” contains powerful switches that help control brain cells linked to ...

D microscopy shows that the giant bacterium Thiovulum imperiosus squeezes its DNA into peripheral pouches, not a central mass ...

Researchers found skin cells from patients who used tanning beds had nearly twice as many mutations as patients who didn’t, ...

Estrogens, the main female sex hormone, although they also perform some functions in men, are involved in a myriad of ...

A new study from the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences (LMS) in London, UK reveals how ancient viral DNA once written off as ...

Use of tanning beds nearly triples the risk of developing melanoma, and it also damages the DNA of skin cells across the body ...

An international research team has identified a human protein, ANKLE1, as the first DNA-cutting enzyme (nuclease) in mammals ...

A tiny percentage of our DNA—around 2%—contains 20,000-odd genes. The remaining 98%—long known as the non-coding genome, or ...

The tiny pantheon known as the Asgard archaea bear traits that hint at how plants, animals and fungi emerged on Earth.

Despite coming back in style, the dangers of tanning beds never went away, particularly one side effect that’s more than skin deep and literally changing DNA.

DNA can sustain serious injuries called double strand breaks, in which both strands of the helix snap. These breaks are among ...

To our immune system, a potentially lifesaving gene therapy can look a lot like a dangerous infection. That's because most ...