DNA can voyage along intercellular highways called tunneling nanotubes. It’s a phenomenon that could potentially spread tumor ...

DNA is everywhere in the world's oceans—not only packaged inside cells from skin, scales, mucus, feces, and blood, but also ...

DNA methylation plays an important role in separating us genetically from our closest relatives.

Humans possess the genetic machinery that bears and bats use for hibernation, research has found. Is this the dawn of a new ...

An analysis of the DNA from living descendants has identified sailors aboard the 1845 Franklin expedition to find the ...

Scientists analyzing the genomes of thousands of people across Japan discovered evidence for a previously overlooked third ...

Researchers shed new light on G-quadruplexes, a type of secondary DNA structure that has attracted attention as a potential therapeutic target in cancer. Every day, billions of cells in your body ...

Beef jerky and some woolly mammoths have at least one thing in common: Drying turns their DNA into super-tough glass. This glassy DNA is so stable that it preserved the three-dimensional structure of ...

This volume offers recommendations for handling DNA samples, performing calculations, and other aspects of using DNA as a forensic tool. It addresses two major areas - determination of DNA profiles ...

Understand the science behind Chinmayi Sripaada's viral 'bloodline' comment. Learn how mitochondrial DNA works vs. nuclear ...