Fluorogenic DNA aptamers produce light only in the correct structural state, enabling programmable molecular logic, ...

Mitochondria are often described as the cell’s power plants, but a wave of new research suggests their genetic material may ...

Researchers have discovered new regions of the human genome particularly vulnerable to mutations. These altered stretches of ...

He chronicled the search for ‘the secret of life’ in his bestseller The Double Helix but damaged his career with his ...

Centuries-old genetic material can solve historical mysteries, from lost species to what killed Napoleon’s army.

A remarkable female scientist, for so long overlooked for her contribution to the discovery of the structure of DNA, will be ...

American geneticist who shared a Nobel Prize for discovering the double helix structure of DNA. Born on April 6, 1928 in Chicago, IL, USA, he died aged 97 years in East Northport on Long Island, NY, ...

This study investigates the folding and unfolding behavior of the doubly knotted protein TrmD-Tm1570, providing insight into the molecular mechanisms underlying protein knotting. The findings reveal ...

Google featured a special doodle on Thursday (13 November) celebrating the molecule that holds the very blueprint of life — deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA. Today's Google Doodle turns the spotlight on ...

James Dewey Watson, whose co-discovery of the twisted-ladder structure of DNA in 1953 helped launch a revolution in biology and medicine, died Thursday at age 97. He died in hospice care after a brief ...