DNA is fundamental to the biology of all life on Earth, but how many of us actually know what it is or what it's made of?

Toribio Rodríguez de Mendoza National University researchers conducted a genomic analysis of fine aroma cocoa from northern ...

Sunburns and aging skin are obvious effects of exposure to harmful UV rays, tobacco smoke and other carcinogens. But the effects aren't just skin deep. Inside the body, DNA is literally being torn ...

Researchers at Georgia State University used the Summit supercomputer to study an elaborate molecular pathway called ...

Inside the body, DNA is literally being torn apart ... of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory to study an elaborate molecular pathway called nucleotide excision repair, or NER. NER relies on an ...

This article explores 6-base genome sequencing and how it is empowering researchers to expand their studies to include both genetic and epigenetic data.

Georgia State University researchers used simulations to study DNA repair mechanisms, focusing on the pre-incision complex in nucleotide excision repair.

In its structure, DNA contains a pattern for producing amino ... with variations called single-nucleotide polymorphisms, or SNPs. Everywhere we go, we leave behind tiny traces of genetic material ...

This date serves as a “lower boundary” for when language capacity must have emerged. But since Homo sapiens is at least ...

The new review, detailed in the journal Frontiers in Psychology, examines over a dozen genetic studies published in the past 18 years to indicate an initial branching of humans about 135,000 years ago ...