It's tricky to make an exact copy of yourself. Or at least it is for cells undergoing mitosis, where cells replicate everything inside of them, including their neatly packaged DNA, then split in half.

Researchers at the University of Stuttgart have created a synthetic cell-like structure that can control the movement of ...

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 ...

They were hardly modest, these two brash young scientists who in 1953 declared to patrons of the Eagle Pub in Cambridge, England, that they had "found the secret of life." But James Watson and Francis ...

But when the DNA doesn't fold the right way, it can disrupt normal cell functions and lead to serious diseases, including cancer. Historically, scientists have relied on data that averaged results ...

Every cell in every organism on Earth copies DNA the same way. Except one bacterial protein — quietly doing something ...

Certain epigenetic modifications can directly control how genetic material is packed in the nucleus, RIKEN researchers have ...

DNA's iconic double helix does more than "just" store genetic information. Under certain conditions, it can temporarily fold into unusual shapes. Researchers at Umeå University, Sweden, have now shown ...

In 1869, a Swiss physician-cum-biochemist while checking pus-filled surgical bandages made this remarkable discovery ...