If measured from beginning to end, the DNA in our cells is too long to fit into the cell's nucleus, explaining why it must be ...

Scientists at The Wistar Institute have discovered how a key protein from the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), EBNA-LP, ...

Franklin W. Stahl, an American molecular biologist whose landmark 1957-58 experiment with colleague Matthew Meselson revealed ...

Candida, a type of fungus, can spread throughout the body via the bloodstream, leading to organ damage and sepsis. Recently, ...

He and a colleague proved a theory advanced by the Nobel Prize winners James Watson and Francis Crick, who discovered DNA’s ...

This study has shown that HSV-1 is an "opportunistic interior designer" of human cells. | Genetics And Genomics ...

Perhaps best known as a immune-system boost or antidote to scurvy, vitamin C has been found to rejuvenate aging skin by ...

New imaging tools reveal how within an hour of infection, the virus begins to alter our chromosomes to kick-start its own replication.

New research sheds light on how electrons interact with the innate vibrations within DNA molecules, known as phonons, which ...

Scientists found that vitamin C doesn't just protect skin from damage - it actually turns on sleeping genes that help make ...

A deeper understanding of how DNA changes over generations helps scientists learn why people differ and how diseases develop.

They are even simpler in structure, but they also rely on the cell’s own tools to reproduce. Over time, our bodies have learned to silence most of these foreign sequences. But not all of them are ...