In an article published in Molecular Cell, scientists have discovered how the three-dimensional organization of DNA in our ...

LIG4 syndrome is an exceptionally rare disorder caused by a genetic mutation that prevents the body from repairing damaged ...

DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is the nucleic acid polymer that forms the genetic code for a cell or ... where the carbohydrate and phosphate make up the backbone of the polymer.

The genetic information itself is contained in a complex molecule called DNA which stands for deoxyribonucleic ... This is the sugar phosphate backbone. Attached to each sugar is a ‘rung ...

Scientists have long believed they understood how life’s genetic code evolved, but new research upends that assumption. By ...

DNA transcription is the vital first step needed for switching on our genes. For a gene to be switched on, it must be acted ...

Scientists at deCODE genetics/Amgen have constructed a complete map of how human DNA is mixed as it is passed down during reproduction.

Comparison of that ancient DNA with modern human DNA showed that the two species had interbred and that people today still carry the genetic fingerprint of that intermixing. Since then ...