Your DNA is continually damaged by sources both inside and outside your body. One especially severe form of damage called a double-strand break ...

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

Additionally, we found that RNA aids in double-strand break repair in both yeast and human cells, suggesting that its role in DNA repair is evolutionarily conserved across species.

Because they rely on hosts for a majority of functions, viruses aren’t considered alive. But entities like ‘Sukunaarchaeum ...

We found that RNA can actively guide the repair process of double-strand breaks. It does this by binding to broken DNA ends, helping align sequences of DNA on a matching strand that isn’t broken.

Scientists in Spain and China discovered that HSV-1 begins rewriting the architecture of human genes just one hour after ...

Cucumbers, a summer staple of salads and sandwiches, are a valuable commercial crop. They also have a less well-known role as ...

This newly found organism doesn’t act like a virus or a cell, and that could change everything we know about biology.

Cold sore-causing HSV-1 doesn't just hijack cells it reconfigures the entire architecture of our DNA to aid its invasion.

But while experts now know a fair amount about ancient Egyptian life, they still understand very little about the ...