DNA, the hereditary material in living organisms, encodes genetic instructions for development and function. We explore its structure, replication, and role in biotechnology.

James Watson and Francis Crick revealed the structure of DNA — the genetic instructions in all living things — 70 years ago in the journal Nature. Watson and Crick could not have succeeded ...

In our bodies, there are trillions of cells. DNA is the foundation of organisms, but what does it stand for? Get to know more about this nucleic acid.

In the middle of the 20th century, accumulating data suggested that DNA carries life’s genetic information. Biochemists around the world raced to determine its structure. The competition led to ...

DNA structure impacts rate and accuracy of DNA synthesis Date: November 16, 2018 Source: Penn State Summary: DNA sequences with the potential to form unusual conformations, which are frequently ...

The first crystal structure of an alternative DNA shape from the insulin gene has been revealed.

In 1963, Popular Science reported on the Nobel Prize-winning discovery, and Rosalind Franklin⁠—the woman who was left out of the accolades.

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

Though scientists have learned much about DNA damage and repair over the past 50 years, important outstanding questions remain. One particularly bedeviling puzzle is how a repair protein called the ...

Instead, the structure of the HAP1-18–DNA complex reveals that such DNA-induced allostery may also involve DNA rearrangements that work in cooperation with protein adjustments to have ...