New work from UC Davis and the University of Utah shows how the 3D structure of DNA inside a germ cell commits it to develop ...

Ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun is a well-known cause of DNA damage, which can lead to diseases like skin cancer. But ...

Every day, billions of cells in your body divide, helping to replace old and injured cells with new ones. And each time this ...

Our DNA is constantly under threat — from cell division errors to external factors like sunlight and smoking. Fortunately, ...

Two new studies uncover how DNA folding controls sperm cell development. Researchers identified proteins that rearrange ...

This structure, announced in their famous paper in the April 1953 issue of Nature, explained how the DNA molecule could replicate itself during cell division, enabling organisms to reproduce ...

A new study has been published in Nature Communications, presenting the first comprehensive atlas of allele-specific DNA ...

DNA molecules are large and complex. They carry the genetic code that determines the characteristics of a living organism. The diagram shows the relationship between the cell, its nucleus ...

The applied physicist explains how the structure of 52,000-year-old genes hint at the biology of an extinct animal ...

Bacteriophages, the most abundant life form on Earth, infect bacterial cells and influence the structure of the microbial ...

A new part of an ocean plant cell has been discovered that might revolutionize farming one day. The structure can take nitrogen and convert it into the ingredient that helps all organisms grow.

Immunizing the host with a piece of viral DNA rather than an antigenic protein fragment of the virus, helps to stimulate the generation of cell-mediated immunity (Fig. 2). DNA vaccines contain the ...