Franklin Stahl, biologist who helped reveal how DNA replicates, dies at 95 An early experiment, with colleague Matthew Meselson, helped set the stage for a revolution in genetics.

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

Infomercial channels are riddled with the next-best hair-loss solution, but those toupees, ointments, and hair plugs might ...

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have shown that the 'pacemaker' controlling yeast cell division lies inside the nucleus rather than outside it, as previously thought.

Creating genomes from DNA is hugely important for managing threatened species—understanding their past and how they have ...

Imagine if you could "print" a tiny skyscraper using DNA instead of steel. That’s what researchers at Columbia and Brookhaven ...

Glucose levels influence physiology and adaptation rates under replication stress, yet core adaptive mutations remain ...

If measured from beginning to end, the DNA in our cells is too long to fit into the cell's nucleus, explaining why it must be ...

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