Every new life begins after a genetic shuffle. When organisms make eggs or sperm, maternal and paternal chromosomes pair up ...

Tiny tweaks in DNA folding can have big effects. A study from Umeå University shows that even the most subtle changes in ...

DNA holds our genetic blueprints, but its cousin, RNA, conducts our daily lives I n 1957, just four years after Francis Crick ...

DNA folding is more important for cell function than previously thought, finding that even the most subtle changes in DNA’s ...

Maria Branyas Morera, who died in 2024 at the age of 117 and a half, was the world's oldest person and now experts have analyzed her DNA.

Before a cell divides, its DNA is replicated so that each daughter cell inherits the same genetic information. The two copies ...

New work from UC Davis and the University of Utah shows how the 3D structure of DNA inside a germ cell commits it to develop into a sperm cell. The discovery could improve understanding of fertility ...

A modular metamaterial mimics DNA geometry to combine twist compression, tunable stiffness, fast recovery, and reusable shock ...