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

Breakthrough cryo-EM structures expose multiple drug targets in an essential HSV-1 replication protein.An international ...

Down syndrome affects around one in 640 children born in the US every year, and is the most common genetic cause of ...

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

An international research team has successfully identified the initial high-resolution structures of the herpes simplex virus ...

A major US study reveals that marijuana use leaves measurable chemical traces in DNA, altering genes related to mental health ...

Scientists found a virus-like living entity in human bodies named "obelisks" - small loops of RNA, each a thousand genetic ...

highlighting its universality and importance in biology. Despite its near-universal application, the genetic code does have a ...

A study reveals the secrets behind the rodent’s remarkable ability to live 10 times longer than expected, without cancer or ...

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

Years of uncertainty shadow people with chronic fatigue. Fresh laboratory data now hints at a different future and faster ...