When people think of DNADNA, or deoxyribonucleic acid, is a molecule composed of two long strands of nucleotides that coil around each other to form…
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A Sierra Nevada red fox. Credit: Keith Slausen USFS/PSW – US Forest Service There’s an elusive fox roaming the southern Sierra Nevada, and experts are…
Credit: MIT More than 10 percent of our genome is made up of repetitive, seemingly nonsensical stretches of genetic material called satellite DNADNA, or deoxyribonucleic…
Jomon pottery from the Hirajo shell midden (Late Jomon) and a skull from which ancient DNA was extracted. Credit: Shigeki Nakagome, Lead researcher, Assistant Professor…
Illustration of the RecA filament. Credit: David Goodsell How the cell can mend broken DNADNA, or deoxyribonucleic acid, is a molecule composed of two long…
Researchers at McMaster University have developed a sophisticated new tool that could help provide early warning of rare and unknown viruses in the environment and…
A novel chip automates the reaction cascades occurring between molecules inside DNADNA, or deoxyribonucleic acid, is a molecule composed of two long strands of nucleotides…
Unexpected Diversity in Virus-Derived Sequences in the Human Genome Powerful genetic analysis tools reveal that people exhibit a surprising level of variation in virus-derived genetic…
Left: A 3D illustration of the nucleus representing the classical theory of DNA organization at its center. Right: Turning the ramen bowl on its head…
Stanford researchers have engineered a new miniature CRISPR system that should be easier to deliver into human cells. Bioengineers have repurposed a “non-working” CRISPR system…
A spotted skunk doing its signature handstand. Credit: (c) Jerry W. Dragoo Redesignating an endangered subspecies as a separate species could help it get protected.…
Illustration. Credit: Yuval Robichek, Weizmann Institute of Science Proteins communicating through the DNADNA, or deoxyribonucleic acid, is a molecule composed of two long strands of…
Overview of population dynamical history at the crossroads of East and Southeast Asia since 11,000 years ago. Credit: IVPP A joint research team led by…
3D illustration of an RNA chain. Credit: Christopher Burgstedt/Getty Images Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently unveiled their discovery of a new process…
MIT researchers have devised a way to program memories into bacterial cells by rewriting their DNA more efficiently. Credit: MIT News, iStockphoto Technique for editing…
DNA offers a compact way to store huge amounts of data cost-effectively. Los Alamos National Laboratory has developed ADS Codex to translate the 0s and…
New study brings into question current policies on receiving secondary genomic findings. A study published today by researchers at the National Institutes of Health revealed…
New research shows genome duplication in the ancestor of modern gymnosperms, a group of seed plants that includes cypresses and pines, might have directly contributed…
The mummified sheep leg from which DNA was obtained. Image courtesy of Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum and Zanjan Cultural Heritage Centre, Archaeological Museum of Zanjan. Credit:…
To provide access to genes needed for the encoding and storage of memories, brain cells snap open their DNA, breaking both strands. A new study…