A newly mapped step in DNA replication suggests that strand separation begins at a precise junction between two helicase ...
After World War II, a small number of brown tree snakes somehow made it to Guam, likely hidden in cargo, and the island has ...
This study moves MutLβ from being a semi-unknown quantity in somatic expansion to a defined member of the responsible team.
Scientists have completed the first comprehensive survey of the microscopic life living in the open waters of Australia's ...
Microbiome sequencing has a reputation issue. From the outside, it appears to be one of modern biology's most powerful tools: ...
Eliminating unnecessary PCR cleanup and normalization steps helps genomics laboratories reduce consumable waste and ...
New structural variation sequencing reads long stretches of fetal DNA to pinpoint duplications, flips, and rearrangements, ...
For billions of years, evolution was driven by random mutations. A new breakthrough puts control over DNA, life’s blueprint, ...
A new generation of therapies aims to intervene at a recently discovered gap between the disease’s molecular march and its neurological consequences.
Combatting wildlife decline, eDNA technology is turning simple water and soil samples into a global biodiversity map.
An international team of cave explorers has shown that cave walls and the prehistoric rock art that adorns them can preserve human DNA for thousands of years.