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.

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

Scientists have discovered Sukunaarchaeum mirabile, a unique archaeon residing within marine plankton, challenging traditional definitions of life. Th ...

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

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 ...

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

DNA and RNA are nucleic acids found in the nucleus of the cells in every living organism. Both nucleic acids participate in the coding, decoding, regulation and expression of genes. Efficient and ...

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