POLG-related diseases disrupt the function of the mitochondria, or "powerhouses" of the cell — starving them of energy.

Assembling DNA nanostructures at more moderate temperatures opens up the possibility of using the structures in biomedical applications.

Pancreatic cancer’s deadly resilience may be tied to extrachromosomal DNA, which allows tumor cells to rapidly adapt to ...

Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest cancers worldwide, with a five-year survival rate of 13%. This poor prognosis stems ...

MSK researchers shed new light on G-quadruplexes, a type of secondary DNA structure that has attracted attention as a ...

Transposons, also known as jumping genes or mobile genetic elements, can replicate and reintegrate themselves into the genome, posing a threat to genomic integrity by inducing DNA rearrangements and ...

Transposons, also known as jumping genes or mobile genetic elements as they can replicate and reinsert themselves in the ...

They are formed in a woman's body before birth and have to be on standby for decades to possibly be fertilized one day. But ...

The study, published in Cell today, reveals how the retrotransposon copia completes its replication cycle and travels into the nucleus through the nuclear pores. The study is a collaboration between ...

Researchers at Fred Hutch Cancer Center have discovered an overlooked mechanism driving aggressive breast and brain tumors ...

Scientists have pinpointed and described unusual subtypes of fat cells that may help scientists explain why gut fat is linked ...

Two Aboriginal women have described hot, overcrowded and poorly ventilated cells crammed with up to 20 people at the Alice Springs watch house. Conditions inside the Alice Springs watch house have ...