When most of us think of DNA, we think of that iconic double helix shape. But when you zoom out, DNA gets a lot more complicated. "When Watson and Crick described the DNA double helix, they were ...

Your DNA is continually damaged by sources both inside and outside your body. One especially severe form of damage called a double-strand break involves the severing of both strands of the DNA double ...

Breaking bonds: Double-helix unzipping reveals DNA physics Using previously developed theoretical and mathematical models, researchers used information on the speed of the process of DNA unzipping ...

Rediscovered letters and postcards highlight the fierce competition among scientists who discovered DNA's famous double-helix structure and unraveled the genetic code.

When we learn about human genetics in high school biology class, one of the most basic things we learn about is the DNA double helix, the twisting ladder-shaped structure that holds our genetic ...

(Double-stranded DNA is about two nanometers wide.) The researchers conjecture that the bases within each DNA cause a double helix to kink one way or the other.

SIXTY years after James Watson and Francis Crick established that DNA forms a double helix, a quadruple-stranded DNA helix has turned up, and it could strengthen the fight against cancer ...

The model shows that "drugs hit more than one target," Hill said. "That's why you have side effects. We can also show that even when you knock out one gene or protein another can take its place, with ...