DNA shape explains crucial gene-therapy challenges

CRISPR is a powerful DNA-editing tool that has underpinned huge advancements in human health care in the last decade. It is a ...

The human genome begins organizing itself far earlier than expected

Life begins with a quiet but precise choreography inside the nucleus. For decades, scientists believed that a newly ...
Greek Reporter

Scientists Reveal Hidden Second Layer of Human DNA

Scientists reveal a hidden second layer of human DNA, showing how genome folding controls genes and influences disease development.
Nanowerk

DNA shape enables fast electronic data storage and molecular encryption

DNA nanostructures store and encrypt data using physical shape, enabling fast electronic readout and secure molecular information processing. (Nanowerk News) Since the dawn of the computer age, ...
Forbes

The Hidden DNA Shape That Could Break Cancer

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. DNA doesn’t just carry information in its sequence; fleeting alternative folds like i‑DNA ...

DNA nanomachines could revolutionize medicine and technology

DNA, long known as the molecule that carries genetic information, is taking on a new role in science. Researchers now see it ...
News Medical

Unusual i-DNA structure shown to regulate genes and cancer

DNA's iconic double helix does more than "just" store genetic information. Under certain conditions it can temporarily fold into unusual shapes. Researchers at Umeå University, Sweden, have now shown ...
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James Watson, co-discoverer of the double-helix shape of DNA, has died at age 97

James D. Watson, whose co-discovery of the twisted-ladder structure of DNA in 1953 helped light the long fuse on a revolution in medicine, crimefighting, genealogy and ethics, has died. He was 97.The ...