Your DNA is continually damaged by sources both inside and outside your body. One especially severe form of damage called a ...

Then, in the decades following Miescher's discovery, other scientists--notably ... and the first to correctly identify the way RNA and DNA molecules are put together. During the early years ...

Not all DNA looks like the familiar twisted ladder. Sometimes, parts of our genetic code fold into unusual shapes. One such ...

The researchers have discovered that they form a complementary regulation system, in which DNA epigenetics organises the available genes and RNA epigenetics dynamically adjusts their use. In concrete ...

A team of researchers from the Laboratory of Cancer Epigenetics at the Université libre de Bruxelles (Belgium), led by François Fuks, has discovered a paradigm-shifting link between DNA and RNA ...

Scientists at UCL and the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology have recreated how RNA might have first replicated itself on early Earth.

Comparison of a single-stranded RNA and a double-stranded DNA with their corresponding nucleobases. (Image: Wikimedia Commons, CC SA 3.0) The most common type of base pairing is the Watson-Crick base ...

“The seminal discovery of microRNAs has introduced ... The instructions for making proteins are stored in the DNA in the nucleus of cells. RNA copies of these instructions, called messenger ...

RNA’s Surprising Role in DNA Repair New insights could lead to improved treatments for cancer and other diseases. Francesca Storici and her research team discovered a surprising role for RNA in DNA ...