Researchers from the Mattiroli group have found that the way DNA is packaged in cells can directly impact how fast DNA itself ...

When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii, the last desperate moments of its citizens were preserved for ...

Genetic analysis of five individuals preserved as plaster casts in the ruins of Pompeii contradicts established beliefs about the people and their relationships ...

Discovered in a cave in southern Italy in 1998, the “infant of Grotta delle Mura” died at around 7.5 months to 1.5 years of ...

Present in nearly every living cell, DNA molecules are among the largest molecules known to science. DNA is a linear biopolymer, a compound biomolecule in the form of a double helix. Polymers are ...

A cutting-edge diagnostic test is helping some doctors find diagnoses for medical mysteries by analyzing DNA and RNA to ...

Researchers developed CpGPT, a novel foundation model for DNA methylation analysis that captures sequence, positional, and ...

Life Sciences Center (LSC) have discovered a unique way for cells to silence specific genes without cutting DNA. This ...

The results, published Nov. 7 in Current Biology, reveal that some of the stories told for decades about the individuals’ ...

For almost a century, Science News journalists have covered advances ... and the revolution of genetic engineering from the discovery of DNA to today’s gene-editing technology.

DNA from a 17,000-year-old infant’s remains offers insights into ancestry, physical traits, and early-life stress during the ...