Researchers have discovered how cells activate a last-resort DNA repair system when severe damage strikes. When genetic ...

As antibiotic-resistant infections rise and are projected to cause up to 10 million deaths per year by 2050, scientists are looking to bacteriophages, viruses that infect bacteria, as an alternative.

It's a common storytelling trope: the stubborn foe who is eventually revealed to be a much-needed friend. Biology has its own version. Cornell researchers have discovered that DNA packaging structures ...

Key PointsResearch on HIV's conical capsid that began over 25 years ago led to the development of lenacapavir, the world's first capsid inhibitor.In ...

These sequences are extremely prone to mutations and rank among the most functionally important regions in the entire human ...

Life may have emerged from a surprisingly simple network of chemical reactions long before cells or genes existed.

Through a recent notice, the Undergraduate Medical Education Board (UGMEB) of the National Medical Commission (NMC) has ...

The past few decades have seen a dramatic shift in how human disorders can be treated. Growing knowledge of the molecular dynamics underlying physiological processes and technological advances are ...

With a storage capacity of 36 petabytes, a DNA-based cassette tape can hold every song every recorded, and it could be on the ...

What scientists long believed were knots in DNA may actually be persistent twists formed during nanopore analysis, revealing ...

Although it also performs some functions in men, estrogen, the main female sex hormone, is involved in a myriad of processes, ...