High-resolution imaging has revealed the internal layout of chromatin condensates, showing how DNA fibers fold and interact ...

A closeup look at colibactin’s structure reveals chemical motifs that guide its mutation-wreaking “warheads” to specific stretches of DNA.

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

Jyoti Vakhlu [email protected] From laws of inheritance to the molecule of heredity – a journey of scientific ...

Colibactin is a powerful toxin produced by Escherichia coli and other bacteria living in the human gut. This highly unstable ...

New ultra-detailed imaging exposes the hidden structure and behavior of chromatin condensates — and hints at how their ...

When DNA breaks, cells must repair it accurately to prevent harmful mutations. Researchers have discovered that during a key ...

James Dewey Watson, the man who played a pivotal role in decoding the molecular structure of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), the substance that forms the basis of heredity, died on November 6, 2025, at ...

New research published in Nature Communications has linked a normal cellular process to an accumulation of DNA mutations in ...

We have long struggled to determine how the first living organisms on Earth came together. Now, surprising evidence hints ...

Dogs were the first of any species that people domesticated, and they have been a constant part of human life for millennia.

After two decades in the making, scientists have cracked the code on a drug that can repair DNA, setting the scene for a new ...