New research reveals that sunburn may be caused by RNA damage, not DNA, challenging long-held beliefs about UV exposure.

New analytical methods developed at Baylor College of Medicine and collaborating institutions have increased our ...

New analytical methods developed at Baylor College of Medicine and collaborating institutions have increased our understanding of how bacteria manage DNA. The methods enabled researchers to uncover ...

Chandigarh: Experts at the PGI human brain bank have started extracting DNA from preserved brain tissue. The purpose is to ...

In everyday life, our genetic material is constantly under attack from many factors. Environmental influences such as light, ...

Scientists analyze 22,000 genomes documenting hundreds of genetic changes due to natural selection over the past 10,000 years ...

Scientists have just discovered an entirely new way that DNA can be synthesized. The business of constructing DNA ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising new picture of human origins that challenges the long-held idea of a single ancestral ...

Everyday DNA mutations can help us understand immune function and aging—and even mitigate harm caused by some inherited ...

After more than 40 years and three wrongful convictions, authorities says they have the man responsible for the 1984 Long ...

Cyanobacteria—ancient microbes that oxygenated Earth and made complex life possible—are still revealing surprises billions of ...