Researchers have discovered VIPR, a tiny RNA-guided DNA-targeting system found mainly in viruses that may represent an evolutionary ancestor of CRISPR. Unlike CRISPR systems that read continuous ...

A new review was published in Volume 18 of Aging on August 31, 2026, titled "The guardian paradox: DNA damage response ...

Two new federally funded studies offer detailed views of proteins repairing broken DNA inside tightly packed chromatin, and of the molecular toolkit they assemble at a break, with potential implicatio ...

Rosalind Franklin, the Person Who First Revealed the Shape of Life Through a Single PhotographIn Episode 54, Torahiko Terada attempted to observe the arrangement of atoms by shining X-rays on crystals ...

DNA is a double helix.”This is a fact so famous that it now appears in middle and high school textbooks. However, when you learn the details of how this shape was discovered, you realize it is not a ...

As often happens in science, the discovery of VIPR started with an observation that didn’t make sense.

DNA molecules should repel one another because their backbones carry the same negative charge. Yet inside cells, DNA ...

Explore AI DNA mutation predictions from DeepMind's AlphaGenome Atlas, covering all 9 billion mutations for genetic research breakthroughs.

Genentech wanted to celebrate their company culture through giving back, deepening connections to one another, and continue to build optimism for the future. White House responds to Australia’s social ...

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has suggested Project Helix will encompass more than one device, saying that Microsoft has been working on "a great family of devices." As Microsoft attempts to navigate mass ...

Researchers have developed fluorescent molecules that permit imaging of how DNA is packaged inside living cells at unprecedented resolution and, in preserved cells, at a resolution close to the width ...