Centromeres, specialized regions located at the center of chromosomes, are critical for ensuring proper cell division. During ...

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A unique feature of HR is that it repairs the damage to the DNA in a highly accurate way. In eukaryotic cells (those with a ...

The latest imaging method from the Broad Institute uncovers structural disruptions in the nucleus associated with progeria at ...

Centromeres, specialized regions located at the center of chromosomes, are critical for ensuring proper cell division. During mitosis, centromeres ...

Cohesin is a protein that forms a ring-shaped complex which wraps and alters the DNA molecule shape. It moves through the DNA ...

Using “DNA origami,” the team’s digital nucleic acid memory (dNAM) technology relies on a three-dimensional “pegboard” ...

At some point, RNA must have replicated itself before the evolutionary arrival of DNA and proteins, and now we might know how ...

Researchers made small tweaks to the molecular structure of LSD to see if it could be turned into an effective brain-healing ...

Duke University Medical Center-led research has identified a human-specific DNA enhancer that regulates neural progenitor ...