T cells are the immune system’s frontline fighters. When they detect danger, they rapidly multiply and transform into ...

A large trial shows that the vitamin may delay one biological mechanism linked to aging, but don’t rush out to buy ...

Samples were then purified by phenol‐chloroform extraction and digested with XmnI restriction enzyme ... was used for DNA replication. For column isolated reactions: a Micro Bio‐Spin 6 column (Bio‐Rad ...

A protein called PriC allows DNA replication to proceed in Escherichia coli when the complex that usually initiates this process is compromised.

You may have seen it in the news recently: a baby in Pennsylvania with a rare genetic disorder was healed with a personalized ...

When DNA breaks inside the cell, it can spell disaster, especially if the damage occurs in areas of the genome that are ...

A powerful new discovery reveals that Nup98 a protein once thought to only ferry molecules through the nucleus plays a vital ...

Chemists have demonstrated how RNA (ribonucleic acid) might have replicated itself on early Earth -- a key process in the origin of life.

At some point, RNA must have replicated itself before the evolutionary arrival of DNA and proteins, and now we might know how ...

The authors created a useful collection of Rep protein variants with changes that alter the amino acid sequence, but these did not lead to clear improvements in how the virus worked. Instead, their ...