Scientists capture first detailed look inside droplet-like structures of compacted DNA

Inside human cells, biology has pulled off the ultimate packing job, figuring out how to fit six feet of DNA into a nucleus ...
Labroots

Drug Resistance Genes Easily Move Among Organisms & the Environment

Bacterial cells can easily swap bits of DNA, and many of those pieces of genetic material carry genes that confer resistance ...
Smithsonian Magazine

These Super-Resolution Microscopes Are Revealing the Inner Lives of Cells

Advanced light microscopy techniques are giving scientists a new understanding of human biology and what goes wrong in diseases Katarina Zimmer, Knowable Magazine Innovative techniques are helping ...

Ancient retrovirus structure reveals link to modern respiratory viruses

Retroviruses are viruses that have evolved the ability to write their genetic code into a cell's own DNA. The most ancient ...
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Diamond crystals made from DNA, electron microscope image, color-enhanced (IMAGE)

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