DNA can be more than just a double helix. When four strands are folded into a compact bundle, they form a G-quadruplex (G4).

Repetitive sequences make extrachromosomal DNA vulnerable to breaks, which could be exploited for therapy — but might also promote tumour evolution.

Newly isolated viruses that infect nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria carry an invertible genomic segment, a phosphorus-scavenging ...

A barcoded shuttle-vector sequencing assay shows that chronic low-dose gamma irradiation amplifies pre-existing mutation ...

Ten established diet-quality scores, among them the Mediterranean, DASH, MIND and Nordic patterns, were each associated with slower biological aging in about 7,500 German adults. The German Center for ...

IntroductionThe amino acids in samples brought back from asteroids were roughly half left-handed and half right-handed.

Life on Earth writes its blueprints using only four types of letters.A, T, G, and C. If the sequence changes, the organism ...

The discovery of a protein that can, by itself, dictate the sequence of nucleic acids has caused a stir in the scientific ...

DNA can be more than just a double helix. When four strands are folded into a compact bundle, they form a G-quadruplex (G4).

Rosalind Franklin “was an experimental perfectionist," says crystallographer Elspeth Garman. Franklin: Universal History ...

Mammalian biology unfolds over time, within tissues and organs opaque to our eyes and instruments. We applied DNA Typewriter, ...