The resulting images are not a true image of one single piece of DNA, but an average of several molecules. Model of a short segment of DNA with a 4′,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI) molecule ...

A new international study suggests that ancient viral DNA embedded in our genome, which were long dismissed as genetic “junk” ...

This step could lead to the ability to stretch DNA molecules in specific locations on electronic chips, which is critical in harnessing the storage capacity of DNA for future computers. "We don't ...

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New imaging tools reveal how within an hour of infection, the virus begins to alter our chromosomes to kick-start its own replication.

Researchers at Purdue University have precisely placed strands of DNA on a silicon chip and then stretched out the strands so that their encoded information might be clearly read, two steps ...