For decades, biology textbooks taught that DNA’s story could be told with a single image: two elegant strands twisting in a ...

Running out of space on your phone? Don't upgrade your cloud-storage subscription just yet. Scientists in China have discovered that images, text files and other digital data can be stored in strands ...

It's a common storytelling trope: the stubborn foe who is eventually revealed to be a much-needed friend. Biology has its own version. Cornell researchers have discovered that DNA packaging structures ...

A new CRISPR approach can control genes without cutting DNA, opening a safer path for treating genetic diseases. A newly ...

Research reveals that five DNA letters can switch chromatin between fluid and solid-like states, influencing gene ...

Similarly to the artistic technique of folding paper into ornate shapes, DNA origami is a self-assembling technique of precisely folding single-stranded DNA scaffolds into well-defined nanostructures.

To our immune system, a potentially lifesaving gene therapy can look a lot like a dangerous infection. That's because most genetic medicine uses viruses or double-stranded DNA to deliver genetic ...

Researchers have discovered how cells activate a last-resort DNA repair system when severe damage strikes. When genetic ...

DNA origami cages constrain individual proteins toward preferred orientations on electrodes, dramatically improving ...

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