DNA, often called the blueprint of life, is built from four chemical building blocks known as deoxy-nucleoside triphosphates ...

Could yeast and humans be any more different? Going by looks alone, probably not. But peering into our genomes reveals ...

Humans and baker's yeast have more in common than meets the eye, including an important mechanism that helps ensure DNA is copied correctly, reports a pair of studies. The findings visualize for the ...

A team has unearthed new findings about what happens during the minutes and hours after a cell divides, expanding our understanding of human biology -- and potentially leading to better medicines. DNA ...

Scientists have discovered how LINE-1, a “jumping gene” that makes up 17% of the human genome, inserts itself into DNA. Using ...

They observe how the mobile DNA LINE-1 copies its sequence in human cells, revealing the precise mechanism of the ORF2p gene.

The rate of HIV infection continues to climb globally. Around 40 million people live with HIV-1, the most common HIV strain.

Sometimes the unintended consequences of a treatment can seem worse than the disease. That's certainly the case for patients who develop chemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity—a severe side-effect that ...