Scientists have identified the likely geological and environmental conditions that fostered the development of life as we ...

heat cycling is enough to get them to do the work of DNA replication. The process is called the DNA polymerase chain reaction (PCR). (If it sounds familiar, it's because PCR-powered COVID testing ...

A cascade of events"We closed a gap in our knowledge that was open for 10 years," says Duccio Conti, a postdoc in the Musacchio group and first author ...

A centromere is a specialized location in the DNA that functions as the control center of cell division and is maintained, ...

A key gene that could enhance the treatment success rates of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) has been discovered by ...

The REXO5 protein has been shown to contribute to increased genomic instability through the formation of R-loop structures, where RNA attaches to damaged DNA. Insufficient levels of REXO5 lead to ...

The National Institutes of Health has awarded $1 million to the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation to study how the ...

The fundamental building blocks of genetic material may have replicated on their own, potentially giving rise to life on ...

The sequencing of the human genome at the turn of the 21st century was heralded as a monumental scientific achievement ...

This important work shows how a simple geophysical setting of gas flow over a narrow channel of water can create a physical environment that leads to the isothermal replication of nucleic acids. The ...

Valerio Therapeutics S.A. (Euronext Growth Paris: ALVIO), hereafter "Valerio Therapeutics" or the "Company"), a clinical-stage biotechnology company specializing in the development of innovative drugs ...

Friday 25 June - Professor Dr M. Cristina Cardoso, Chair of Cell Biology and Epigenetics at the Department of Biology of the Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany (Host: Dr Grant Stewart) - ...