Cells use many complex genetic repair backup systems to fix DNA damage and remain healthy throughout their lives.

An international team of researchers co-led by Job Dekker, Ph.D., at UMass Chan Medical School, have identified rules that tell cells how to fold DNA into the tightly packed, iconic X-shaped ...

Before Watson and Crick basked in Nobel glory, before The Double Helix mythologized their genius, there was the photo. Photo ...

where the carbohydrate and phosphate make up the backbone of the polymer. A photoswitchable, DNA structure-specific small-molecule probe, named G4switch, has been developed for the reversible ...

For the first time, researchers have filmed in real time the disassembly of DNA at the atomic scale. This strand separation ...

Genetic testing, also known as DNA testing, involves obtaining DNA from a sample of ... ask if the lab offers a monthly payment option or a patient assistance program with a tiered price structure for ...

DNA is fundamental to the biology of all life on Earth, but how many of us actually know what it is or what it's made of?

Credit: Chatrawee Wiratgasem/Shutterstock. The Elandsfontein phosphate mine, a $160m (R2.89bn) South African phosphate project owned by billionaire Patrice Motsepe’s African Rainbow Capital ...

All modern humans share DNA from two ancient populations that split 1.5 million ... The results varied considerably, with some species showing little evidence of ancient structure while others showed ...

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In its structure, DNA contains a pattern for producing amino ... Two nucleotides together form a base pair; the sugars and phosphates form a "backbone," along which the base pairs are strung.