Exactly 66 years ago, on April 25, 1953, Francis Crick and James Watson published their famous article that showed that the shape of DNA is a double helix. They weren’t able to see DNA directly ...

Getty Images “I feel this DNA research is another way of identifying my lineal relationship to my great-grandfather,” said LaPointe in ... a strand just 5 to 6 centimeters ... Alamy Stock Photo.

Researchers discovered a previously unknown function of RNA, potentially opening the door to new ways to treat cancer and ...

The final DNA strand contains close to 1,700 nucleotides. When the researchers heated and cooled their DNA strands in a test tube, each one folded in on itself and snapped into a virus-size ...