He and a colleague proved a theory advanced by the Nobel Prize winners James Watson and Francis Crick, who discovered DNA’s ...

According to the authors, dynamic nanodevices powered by DNA strand displacement reactions could soon enable real-time computing, sensing and actuation inside biological systems-and usher in a new ...

This study reveals how SV40 helicase unwinds DNA, highlighting ATP hydrolysis's role in translocation and offering insights ...

Not all DNA looks like the familiar twisted ladder. Sometimes, parts of our genetic code fold into unusual shapes. One such structure, the G-quadruplex (G4), looks like a knot. These knots can ...

The new method, published in Nature last week, is more efficient, storing 350 bits at a time by encoding strands in parallel. Rather than hand-threading each DNA strand, the team assembles strands ...

Our DNA is usually shaped like a double helix. However, under certain conditions, a single strand of DNA can fold into a G-quadruplex (G4) structure, which looks like a knot ... “We were surprised to ...

New blood tests can detect cancer recurrence earlier than traditional scans, potentially giving doctors and patients crucial information to make decisions about treatment. But more studies are needed ...

Jack the Ripper: DNA evidence strong but not ironclad 02:42. A descendant of one of Jack the Ripper's victims has demanded a new inquest into one of history's most notorious serial killers, after ...

The process in addition renews the surrounding DNA and removes harmful modifications. “… this mechanism results in renewal of the non-G4 strand, which allows for erasing potentially mutagenic ...

To determine where DNA polymerase was and what it was doing, Xu and his colleagues combined two methods: confocal microscopy and optical tweezers. The team stretched an 8,000 kilobase strand of DNA ...