Could a natural check on cancer be used to stop the disease? It's possible, but to leverage a system that nature designed, we ...

Deep inside a laboratory at the Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri), hundreds of tiny filter papers sit in a secure cabinet, each one holding a fragment of Kenyan history.They together form the ...

Chemists at University College London have shown how two of biology's most fundamental ingredients, RNA (ribonucleic acid) ...

Unexpected slowdowns or spikes in this signal were often interpreted as knots in DNA. But now, a new study published Aug. 12 ...

DNA aptamers are powerful molecular tools in biosensing, bioimaging and therapeutics. However, a limited understanding of ...

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

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

Using DNA as smart LEGO bricks, scientists are building the next generation of tiny tech that could change computing, ...