In February 1953, two men walked into a pub in Cambridge and announced they had found "the secret of life". It was not an ...

Francis Crick's biography is full of surprises as author Matthew Cobb reveals the life and work of the co-discoverer of DNA's ...

In our bodies, there are trillions of cells. From white blood cells to skin cells, each type has its own specific function which helps us perform tasks and survive. But what makes up these cells and ...

"The importance of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) within living cells is undisputed" (Watson & Crick, 1953). This opening sentence of James Watson and Francis Crick's second major paper, published ...

Studying how single DNA molecules behave helps us to better understand genetic disorders and design better drugs. Until now however, examining DNA molecules one-by-one was a slow process.

Every face carries a story, shaped long before birth by a quiet choreography of genes switching on and off at just the right ...

The research, published in the journal Cell, opens a new window on past life. DNA is famously known as the genetic blueprint of living things, but RNA determines how those genes turn on in different ...

Inside every cell, a finely tuned metabolic network determines when to build, recycle, or stop producing essential molecules.

Now, a growing body of scientific evidence shows hundreds of genes act differently in the brains of biologically male or ...

In a rare feat, Utah State University biochemists Thomson Hallmark and Ryan Jackson, along with collaborators, published not one, but two seminal papers in a top-tier, peer-reviewed journal this week.

RNA plays a vital role in how our genes are expressed and how diseases develop. Yet, because RNA molecules constantly change ...