Every time a cell divides, it must copy its entire genome so that each daughter cell inherits a complete set of DNA. During that process, enzymes known as polymerases race along the DNA to copy its ...

Every time a cell divides, it must copy its entire genome so that each daughter cell inherits a complete set of DNA. During that process, enzymes known as polymerases race along the DNA to copy its ...

A compound from ginger stops cancer cells from making fats and drains their energy, exposing a metabolic weakness in cancer cells.

Hidden inside the human body, scientists have uncovered thousands of bizarre RNA loops unlike anything in biology. These ...

A new preclinical study from researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, published in Nature Communications, identifies a powerful strategy to overcome drug resistance in breast ...

A preclinical study has reported that simultaneous inhibition of cyclin-dependent kinases 2 and 4/6 produced durable tumour ...

Dr Jeannine Hess examined how antimicrobial resistance already imposes a vast global death toll, why the antibiotic development pipeline has weakened and how her lab’s light-activated metal ...

DNA's iconic double helix does more than "just" store genetic information. Under certain conditions, it can temporarily fold ...

It could transform our understanding of why diseases develop and the medicines needed to treat them, says researchers.

The human genome has to be carefully organized so it will fit inside of the nuclei of cells, while also remaining accessible to the cellular machinery that works to express the right genes at the ...