An unusual DNA structure may hold the key to treating one of the deadliest cancers affecting women, which claims more than ...

Imagine if you could "print" a tiny skyscraper using DNA instead of steel. That’s what researchers at Columbia and Brookhaven ...

In biology textbooks and beyond, the human genome and DNA therein typically are taught in only one dimension. While it can be ...

Scientists have recovered genetic material from a skull found in northeastern China, which they say reveals the most complete ...

A new approach breaks down complicated designs into modular building blocks for easy assembly from the bottom up.

An easy method for efficiently identifying proteins that interact with bioactive molecules has been developed by chemical biologists at RIKEN. This innovation, published in ChemBioChem, could help to ...

Investigating chromatin's 3D architecture reveals its influence on gene regulation, shedding light on mechanisms underlying ...

A photoswitchable, DNA structure-specific small-molecule probe, named G4switch, has been developed for the reversible targeting of DNA G-quadruplexes (G4s) in vitro and within cells.

Engineered DNA and RNA sequences create programmable liquid droplets with tunable properties, shedding light on both synthetic materials and the physics of RNA-based cellular condensates.

Columbia University engineers 3D print self-assembling DNA - using biomolecular code to produce nanoscale devices at scale.