Scientists reveal a hidden second layer of human DNA, showing how genome folding controls genes and influences disease development.

When bacteria cells replicate, they do so a little differently than human cells do. They don't undergo mitosis, a splitting that involves construction of spindles to carefully separate the DNA after ...

The Human Genome Project changed everything. A map of the entire human sequence of DNA was the starting point for an enormous number of discoveries, from disease genes to how humans evolved. But DNA ...

Scientists at the Leonardo DNA Project say they are getting closer to reconstructing the 500-year-old DNA of Leonardo da Vinci – the famous Italian polymath of the Renaissance. According to a recent ...

Every time a cell divides, it must copy its entire genome so that each daughter cell inherits a complete set of DNA. During that process, enzymes known as polymerases race along the DNA to copy its ...

WMUR MARISSA TANSINO IS LIVE WITH THE NEW INFORMATION. WELL, MONICA, THE LITTLE GIRL IN THIS CASE IS BELIEVED TO BE THE VICTIM OF SUSPECTED SERIAL KILLER TERRY RASMUSSEN AND KNOWN TO BE HIS BIOLOGICAL ...

Maize serves as a vital model species for advancing our understanding of plant biology, yet many mysteries remain about the ...

Ever since an at-home DNA test revealed a Nigerian ancestry, life-long Evanston resident Tina Penick has reflected on what might have been. “What if we lived in Nigeria? What would that look like?” ...