For decades, large stretches of human DNA were dismissed as "junk" and considered to serve no real purpose. In a new study ...

Recent advances in ancient DNA analysis have sparked intriguing discussions about the possibility of non-human entities once ...

Improvements in the understanding of complex DNA repair processes, such as knowing which proteins are enlisted and their specific roles and functions, have the potential to lead to refinements in ...

At school, it's often presented as a tidy double helix but scientists are revealing the varied and intricate shapes of DNA ...

For decades, large stretches of human DNA were dismissed as “junk,” thought to serve no real purpose. In a new study in Cell ...

But a novel technique is allowing us to peer back further than DNA's expiration date in Africa, to answer long-standing ...

A good portion of human DNA is what scientists refer to as "junk" -- stuff left over from ancient viruses and such. But maybe ...

It helps control cell growth, triggers repair of damaged DNA, and can even order faulty cells to self-destruct. In many cancers, p53 is disabled or hijacked, so understanding how p53 works is ...

To explore how far our understanding of our DNA has come, Science News senior writer and molecular biology reporter Tina Hesman Saey talked with Eric Green, director of the National Human Genome ...

Scientists find that complex nanopore signals often come from DNA twisting around itself, not knots, reshaping understanding ...

A research team has successfully identified a novel DNA damage repair pathway in human cells. This study is the first to ...

Two risk factors for early puberty parents can monitor are a teen’s diet and sleep habits. Faster DNA aging, or accelerated epigenetic aging, is a higher biological age relative to an individual’s ...