A University of Iowa-led study has revealed the unexpected structure adopted by the DNA repair protein RAD52 as it binds and ...

RAD52 has already shown promise as a drug target. Inhibitors of the protein can selectively kill cancerous cells while ...

Among the many marvels of life is the cell's ability to divide and thus enable organisms to grow and renew themselves. For ...

Chromatin remodeling plays a vital role in gene regulation, affecting how DNA is accessed. Disruptions in this process can ...

Researchers harness the power of the world’s most advanced supercomputers to simulate the inner workings of cellular ...

With the long-term goal of creating living cells from non-living components, scientists in the field of synthetic biology work with RNA origami. This tool uses the multifunctionality of the natural ...

Kanazawa University and colleagues have achieved a breakthrough in understanding sperm DNA packaging. Using high-speed atomic force microscopy (HS-AFM), they captured the real-time process of ...

Northwestern Medicine scientists have uncovered new details about the genetic structure of ovarian cancer stem cells, ...

New research delves into the DNA details and chromatin structures that may predict prognosis in early-stage lung ...

A novel technique to visualize gene-active and gene-repressive DNA regions in living cells, developed by a ...