Scientists show DNA polymerases can build long, patterned DNA without a template, opening new paths for synthetic biology and ...

A cancer drug target already being investigated in clinical trials turns out to be doing something even more consequential ...

Scientists reveal a hidden second layer of human DNA, showing how genome folding controls genes and influences disease development.

An international team of researchers has taken an important step toward understanding how gene expression is controlled across the human genome. The research is published in the journal Nature. The ...

Like its viral cousins, a somewhat parasitic DNA sequence called a retrotransposon has been found borrowing the cell’s own machinery to achieve its goals. In a new work appearing online Wednesday in ...