These chains come in a wide range of lengths. In humans a typical protein is about 400 amino acids long; some are a lot longer. Molecules of RNA, one of the two nucleic acids, can reach up to 100,000 ...

Objectives Bisphenol A (BPA), a xenoestrogen that can alter DNA methylation status, has been implicated in the pathogenesis ...

The science community has pushed back at the latest claims that acetaminophen (aka paracetamol) is a key factor in the ...

Recent advances in high-throughput microbiome profiling have generated expansive data sets that offer unprecedented ...

Researchers identified a new *Streptomyces* bacteria, *S. colwelliae*, from alder tree roots. Genetic analysis confirmed it’s ...

Traditional storage media like silicon chips and magnetic tapes are hitting their capacity limits. DNA offers a promising ...

Research findings have emerged that transform the ‘cassette tape,’ which has vanished from daily life, into a data storage ...

This study provides valuable insights into human valve development by integrating snRNA-seq and spatial transcriptomics to characterize cell populations and regulatory programs in the embryonic and ...

Chimpanzees, along with bonobos, are humans' closest living relatives. In fact, you may have heard that humans and chimps ...

For more than two decades, the body of a man discovered floating in the water below a California bridge posed a mystery. Now, with the help of DNA testing, the body found in Oakland in September 2003 ...

This valuable study revisits the effects of substitution model selection on phylogenetics by comparing reversible and non-reversible DNA substitution models. The authors provide solid evidence that 1) ...