Rare and powerful compounds, known as keystone molecules, can build a web of invisible interactions among species.

Researchers have long struggled to understand how cancer cells hijack one of these proteins-called polymerase theta (Pol-theta)-for their own survival. But scientists at Scripps Research have now ...

Two new landmark studies show how a seeming tangle of DNA is actually organized into a structure that coordinates thousands ...

Using an approach called DNA origami, scientists at Caltech have developed a technique that could lead to cheaper, reusable ...

RNA-based therapeutics have rapidly emerged over the past decade, offering a new class of medicines that differ significantly from conventional drugs. These therapies can be programmed to target or ...

The evidence for this study is good, with the combination of X-ray, functional assays, and molecular dynamics justifying their overall conclusions. This structure is significant as it provides new ...

The metaphor leaps out: Like letters of the alphabet, molecules (the nucleotide bases A ... DNA base pair or an amino acid [the molecular building blocks for proteins]. And like natural language, DNA ...

A new study in the journal Nature throws a new theory into the fray. Analyzing a wealth of DNA collected from fossilized human bones, the researchers found that the first Indo-European speakers ...

Ancient DNA locates the geographic origin of Proto-Indo-Europeans and Proto-Anatolians and describes their early migrations out of the Caucasus Lower Volga and North Pontic regions of present-day ...

impacting its overall structure and dynamics. Researchers at the University of York recently explored how DNA behaves under torsion and tension using molecular dynamics simulations. These atomic ...