Visualizing and quantifying DNA replication dynamics in living human cells remains challenging. Here, a new super-resolution ...

CHAPEL HILL, NC – A new study from scientists at the UNC School of Medicine has illuminated an important process that occurs during cell division and is a likely source of DNA damage under some ...

In our bodies, there are trillions of cells. From white blood cells to skin cells, each type has its own specific function which helps us perform tasks and survive. But what makes up these cells and ...

The scientists' mission under these difficult conditions was to test whether the enzymes that copy DNA are as accurate under weightlessness as under earthbound conditions. This question is of ...

TUCSON – National DNA Day is Thursday. The day commemorates the completion of the Human Genome Project and the discovery of DNA’s Double Helix. Interest in DNA has boomed nationwide with the ...

Tiny tweaks in DNA folding can have big effects. A study from Umeå University shows that even the most subtle changes in DNA's shape have an important influence on gene activity and energy production.

Researchers at the University of Oxford and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have uncovered the mechanism by which cells identify and repair a highly toxic form of DNA ...