These sequences are extremely prone to mutations and rank among the most functionally important regions in the entire human ...

It's a common storytelling trope: the stubborn foe who is eventually revealed to be a much-needed friend. Biology has its own ...

Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have identified a conserved small RNA molecule that enables bacteriophages ...

Research revealed how bacteriophages use a tiny piece of genetic material to hijack bacterial cells and make more copies of themselves.

Key PointsResearch on HIV's conical capsid that began over 25 years ago led to the development of lenacapavir, the world's ...

As antibiotic-resistant infections rise and are projected to cause up to 10 million deaths per year by 2050, scientists are ...

Alcohol consumption leads to the formation of a toxic compound called acetaldehyde, which damages DNA. A research team from ...

The MCM helicase is broadly bound across the genome, and its phosphorylation is antagonistically regulated by the kinase DDK and the phosphatase RIF1–PP1. TRESLIN–MTBP recognises the phosphorylated ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — A new forensic process is helping investigators across Oklahoma identify remains in cold cases dating back decades — including a Canadian County case involving a woman who had ...

An Erie County judge has ordered DNA testing on evidence from a 1993 murder case. Willie James Hardy, 67, is challenging his conviction for the strangulation death of his former girlfriend, Deborah ...

Debbie Dorian's murder was unsolved until DNA evidence revealed a suspect. A California murder went unsolved for nearly 30 years, until one DNA match cracked the decades-old case. The murder of ...

For years, the federal government has been amassing DNA profiles of noncitizens. But recently released Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data reveal that officials knowingly collected the DNA of ...