Almost every cell in our body contains around two meters (6.6 feet) of DNA, packed into a tiny nucleus. Yet for the cell to ...

When DNA is damaged, cellular processes respond and repair the DNA. Inhibiting DNA damage repair can be therapeutically ...

DNA can mimic protein functions by folding into elaborate, three-dimensional structures, according to a new study. DNA can mimic protein functions by folding into elaborate, three-dimensional ...

DNA polymerase ζ (Polζ) has emerged as a key reverse transcriptase in RNA-templated double-strand break repair (RT-DSBR), beyond its canonical role in translesion DNA synthesis (TLS). We present here ...

For decades, biology textbooks taught that DNA’s story could be told with a single image: two elegant strands twisting in a double helix. That picture is still right, but it is no longer enough.

Escherichia colitopoisomerase III (EcTopo3) is a type IA topoisomerase that binds single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) during DNA cleavage and strand passage. Here, we report ...

Neurons are the anatomical and functional unit of the nervous system, regulating both vital functions and higher functions. Among the very few cells in the body that do not regenerate, these cells ...

Researchers have demonstrated a technology capable of a suite of data storage and computing functions -- repeatedly storing, retrieving, computing, erasing or rewriting data -- that uses DNA rather ...

In our bodies, there are trillions of cells. From white blood cells to skin cells, each type has its own specific function which helps us perform tasks and survive. But what makes up these cells and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Repetitive DNA and the D1 protein help matching fruit fly chromosomes recognize one another before eggs form. (CREDIT: Talia ...

Eight Myotis genomes connect unusual immune adaptations with DNA repair, cell death and dramatic differences in lifespan.

DNA can mimic protein functions by folding into elaborate, three-dimensional structures, according to a study from researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood ...