Mitochondria are often described as the cell’s power plants, but a wave of new research suggests their genetic material may ...

Neuroscientists have uncovered a new mechanism for memory formation, and it involves changes in the structure of your DNA. If you were asked to picture a molecule of DNA, chances are you would ...

An international team has uncovered details about the formation of DNA's building blocks, paving the way for potential medical and therapeutic applications. Despite its fundamental role in biology, ...

The protein, reverse transcriptase, has become an essential tool for making DNA copies of RNA.

Cedars-Sinai scientists have developed an experimental drug that repairs DNA and serves as a prototype for a new class of ...

Tiny repeated stretches of DNA in your genome may quietly shape how your body works, how your brain develops and how you ...

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

When males are forced to compete for females, new species form more rapidly. This has been shown in a new study where the ...

In southern Africa, a group of people lived in partial isolation for hundreds of thousands of years. This is shown in a new ...