A new review found that sulforaphane, a compound formed when cruciferous vegetables are chopped or chewed, could potentially ...

In another demonstration, the researchers performed the analysis on African populations, which only received Neanderthal and ...

Researchers at the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences, in partnership with other institutions, have pinpointed the exact ...

A newly mapped step in DNA replication suggests that strand separation begins at a precise junction between two helicase ...

The chemical synthesis of oligonucleotides (ONs) is central to modern molecular biology, diagnostics and nucleic acid ...

For decades, scientists have largely relied on painstaking trial and error to coax proteins into crystalline forms.

For decades, scientists have largely relied on painstaking trial and error to coax proteins into crystalline forms.

Replacing toxic chemical solvents with enzymatic reactions Synthetic DNA serves as a core component across modern biology, ...

Millions of people worldwide live with periodontitis, a chronic gum disease that can progressively destroy the tissues and bone supporting the teeth despite conventional treatment. Seeking a more ...

Although genome editing was not a new concept, as zinc finger and TALEN platforms were already in use, the discovery of CRISPR-Cas9 shifted genome-editing research and clinical translation into high ...

Newborn nerve cells must squeeze through crowded, narrow spaces—through dense tissue, past other cells, between fibres—to reach the areas where they form neural circuits in the brain cortex. In a new ...

Most people know that a baby’s sex is determined by whether it inherits an X or a Y chromosome from its father. Inheriting a Y chromosome normally produces male offspring. Not necessarily, according ...