NASA's asteroid samples contain organic compounds and minerals that may have seeded early Earth with life's building blocks.

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 ...

A new mega-database of half a million mutations may flag new ways of treating genetic disease, scientists say.

Call it the science of small, but a trio of University of Florida chemical engineers have developed a lab-on-a-chip process ...

Purification removes contaminants from DNA samples, ensuring the integrity of the genetic material and providing more ...

SMC proteins can reverse direction, reshaping DNA and solving key scientific debates. This discovery could impact research on ...

The rise of pastoralist peoples in the Eurasian steppes and their westward spread some 5,000 years ago may have been fueled by sheep herding and people exploiting their milk. As early as 8,000 years ...

This happens in parts of human DNA that are susceptible to ... examined publicly available protein expression data from brain tissue samples from deceased Huntington's disease patients and found ...

People genetically susceptible to Huntington's disease often see their movement, mood, and cognition decline slowly over time.