While the central dogma of molecular biology outlines the linear flow of genetic information from DNA to RNA to proteins (black lines), glycomics introduces a “3rd code of life”—glycans—that operates ...

A global study shows human DNA adapted to local minerals like zinc, iodine, and magnesium, shaped by diet and soil.

Tiny tweaks in DNA folding can have big effects. A study from Umeå University shows that even the most subtle changes in ...

DNA holds our genetic blueprints, but its cousin, RNA, conducts our daily lives I n 1957, just four years after Francis Crick ...

Before a cell divides, its DNA is replicated so that each daughter cell inherits the same genetic information. The two copies ...

For decades, scientists thought the noncoding parts of DNA were useless leftovers. Today, that view has completely changed.

Scientists in Tokyo have uncovered “Inocles,” massive strands of extrachromosomal DNA hidden inside bacteria in human mouths.

Are humans evolving more through culture than DNA? A new study explores how medicine, technology, and institutions may guide ...

An updated edition of the July 30, 2025, article. Genomics involves a thorough study of genomes (an organism’s complete set of deoxyribonucleic acid or DNA). It involves understanding how genes ...