A new platform developed at Scripps Research enables fast, scalable protein evolution. This potentially opens the door to new ...

During replication, one of the new DNA strands, called the lagging strand, is synthesized in short fragments called Okazaki fragments. These fragments are synthesized in the opposite direction of the ...

Could yeast and humans be any more different? Going by looks alone, probably not. But peering into our genomes reveals ...

Researchers at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory found that Dicer, an ancient RNA-cutting protein shared by humans and yeast, ...

Researchers show that polymerase theta can efficiently convert RNA sequences back into DNA, a feat more common in viruses than eukaryotic cells. Editor's Note: Thomas Jefferson University issued the ...

DNA, often called the blueprint of life, is built from four chemical building blocks known as deoxy-nucleoside triphosphates ...

After decades of mystery, scientists have finally figured out the structure of a key herpes virus protein that is vital for ...

Sections of DNA once dismissed as dormant and useless could in fact be recruited to fight certain types of drug-resistant ...

In the summer of 1812, French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte led about half a million soldiers to invade the Russian Empire. But ...