DNA can sustain serious injuries called double strand breaks, in which both strands of the helix snap. These breaks are among ...

New ultra-detailed imaging exposes the hidden structure and behavior of chromatin condensates — and hints at how their ...

While most known types of DNA damage are fixed by our cells’ in-house DNA repair mechanisms, some forms of DNA damage evade repair and can persist for many years, new research shows. This means that ...

For the first time, scientists have proven tanning beds are more dangerous than the sun and cause widespread DNA damage.

Fluorogenic DNA aptamers produce light only in the correct structural state, enabling programmable molecular logic, ...

Learn more about how researchers can take evidence from the past to better shape our idea of what Neanderthals looked like.

Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the oldest and deadliest infectious diseases we know. It commonly impacts the lungs, but can also affect other areas of the body like the spine, brain or kidneys.

Scripps Research scientists have discovered how some tumors endure DNA damage, revealing a potential new way to target them. The DNA inside our cells is constantly exposed to damage, and one of the ...

Most male yellow crazy ants carry two separate sets of DNA, resulting from sperm and egg cells that don’t mix their genetic material after fertilisation. This means the males are chimeras – ...