The diagnostics firm 23andMe has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Missouri federal court. The DNA testing kit ...

For the first time, scientists have witnessed the very moment DNA begins to unravel, revealing a necessary molecular event ...

Using cutting-edge cryo-electron microscopy, scientists at the University of Leicester have captured the first detailed ...

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

Scientists at the University of Leicester have captured the first detailed “molecular movie” showing DNA being unzipped at ...

A new method for mapping torsion provides insights into the ways that the genome responds to the torsion generated by RNA polymerase II.

Feedback, a Lego fan, delves into a new science-related set, and learns that the model of a DNA double helix is the wrong way around. Time for some jokes about mirror ...

The discovery, published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature, is stated to have far-reaching implications, helping us to ...

"We recorded multiple snapshots showing how this molecular motor methodically separates the DNA double helix. It's like a molecular-scale zipper in action and while scientists have long known that ...

and then twists the DNA helix to make the damage accessible. XPC then calls in other repair proteins to help initiate the ...