The new study looks at how consuming vitamin B-12 led to a cascade of signals originating in the brain and triggering actions ...

Powerful new applications of what is known as next-generation sequencing are now helping with identification of degraded ...

Using an inexpensive electrode coated with DNA, MIT researchers have designed disposable diagnostics that could be adapted to ...

But while experts now know a fair amount about ancient Egyptian life, they still understand very little about the ...

Genetic variation also plays a major role. It doesn’t encode trauma itself, but it shapes traits such as sensitivity to threat or emotional regulation. These traits aren’t chosen – they arise from a ...

Scientists have for the first time sequenced the most complete and oldest ancient Egyptian genome ever found—unlocking new ...

Biological science has made such astonishing leaps in the last few decades, such as precise gene editing, that scientists are ...

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

Atom RSS Feed DNA replication is the biological process by which an exact copy of a deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) molecule is created and it is the basis for biological inheritance.

Plants produce a wide diversity of compounds. Broadly, these are separated into primary metabolites, which are necessary for ...

Synthetic Human Genome Project aims to develop methods allowing scientists to not only read an entire DNA molecule but also ...

Single-molecule DNA dynamics with graphene energy transfer Graphene energy transfer (GET) can be used to measure the distance between a graphene surface and a fluorescent dye.