DNA is fundamental to the biology of all life on Earth, but how many of us actually know what it is or what it's made of?

Just like the government uses an Aadhaar number to uniquely identify an individual for social security purposes, a person’s DNA fingerprint can be used for biological purposes. This is why DNA ...

OpenSNP, an open-source genetic database, is shutting down on April 30, deleting all DNA data to protect users from ...

Buddhists want the repeal of the Bodh Gaya Temple Act, 1949 (BGTA), under which the temple is currently governed ...

Biotech giant 23andMe filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Sunday sparking DNA data breach concerns. The company's shares fell to as much as 50% on Monday after founder Anne Wojcicki resigned as CEO.

A new study has been published in Nature Communications, presenting the first comprehensive atlas of allele-specific DNA methylation ... type-specific manner," explained Prof.

New work from UC Davis and the University of Utah shows how the 3D structure of DNA inside a germ cell commits it to develop into a sperm cell. The discovery could improve understanding of fertility ...

The effect of saccharin on the microbiome has received much attention, but its impact on pathogenic bacterial species is less ...

Billions of years ago, evolution stumbled upon DNA as a storage medium. There would be several advantages to translating a computer’s ones and zeros into the bases of genetic material (A ...

Researchers showed how what appears to be a tangle of DNA is actually organized into a structure that coordinates ... for that future purpose,” explained Namekawa. These primordial germ cells ...

Atomic force microscope–based single-molecule force spectroscopy was employed to measure sequence-dependent mechanical properties of DNA by stretching individual DNA double strands attached ...