Small, cancer-associated DNA circles "hitchhike" on chromosomes during cell division to spread efficiently to daughter cells ...

Research shows synthetic chromosomes can be transferred to human cells with potential to improve viral resistance ...

The male-determining sex chromosome has lost 97 percent of its ancestral genes in the last 300 million years. If that rate ...

Researchers discovered that a long-misunderstood protein plays a key role in helping chromosomes latch onto the right “tracks ...

A research group has demonstrated that overexpression of Cdc10-dependent transcript 1 (CDT1), a key regulator of DNA ...

U.S. Army Air Forces Cpl. John J. Ginzl, 27, of Rhinelander, was killed during World War II, and was accounted for June 11, ...

Scientists discovered that the protein RPA plays a critical and previously unconfirmed role in stimulating telomerase to ...

Scientists have recently been learning more about the importance of small bits of circular genetic material known as ...

An evolutionary "trap" has haunted crested and marbled newts for 25 million years: Leiden researchers have uncovered a mysterious DNA error that should not be able to arise—yet persists all the same.

An effort is made to bring the best available science on a question from early American history.

UC San Diego scientists have identified the enzyme that shatters cancer genomes and helps them evolve to resist treatment, ...