They are formed in a woman's body before birth and have to be on standby for decades to possibly be fertilized one day. But ...

A new structural blueprint paves the way for improved targeting of cancer cells, particularly those with BRCA1 and BRCA2 ...

The Pol-theta enzyme (blue) joins two parts of a broken DNA strand (yellow). This process is mutagenic and can give rise to cancer.

Every day, billions of cells in your body divide, helping to replace old and injured cells with new ones. And each time this ...

Sunburns and aging skin are obvious effects of exposure to harmful UV rays, tobacco smoke and other carcinogens. But the effects aren't just skin deep. Inside the body, DNA is literally being torn ...

(In the 2006 paper, Rothemund famously used the technique to create miniature DNA smiley faces measuring 100 nanometers ...

Researchers have now uncovered the role of mitochondrial transcription elongation factor in maintaining the balance between ...

Researchers at Georgia State University used the Summit supercomputer to study an elaborate molecular pathway called ...