A team has unearthed new findings about what happens during the minutes and hours after a cell divides, expanding our understanding of human biology -- and potentially leading to better medicines.

In a groundbreaking shift in our understanding of mutations, researchers have discovered types of DNA damage in healthy cells ...

While most known types of DNA damage are fixed by our cells' in-house DNA repair mechanisms, some forms of DNA damage evade ...

DNA replication is a fundamental process that allows bacteria to duplicate their genetic material before cell division. This process begins at specific locations in the bacterial genome known as ...

While most known types of DNA damage are fixed by our cells' in-house DNA repair mechanisms, some forms of DNA damage evade repair and can persist for many years, new research shows. This means that ...

Combining long-read DNA sequencing with a predictive artificial intelligence model has provided new insights into DNA ...

DNA replication is happening continuously throughout the body, as many as trillions of times per day. Whenever a cell ...

The new finding is published in Cell in an article titled, “ SMC motor proteins extrude DNA asymmetrically and can switch directions ,” and is key to understanding how these motors shape our genome ...

But how do these DNA tests work, and how can they tell if two people are related to each other? A genetic test typically involves submitting a saliva sample to a laboratory. Scientists then ...

DNA damage can result in the genetic sequence being misread and copied during cell division – known as DNA replication ... shared between cells – for example, cells with many shared ...