Not only can transposable elements be useful, but new evidence shows they may have been powerfully linked to primate evolution.

What scientists once dismissed as junk DNA may actually be some of the most powerful code in our genome. A new international ...

A research team led by Prof. Pan Feng from the School of Advanced Materials, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School has uncovered key mechanisms that govern how protons are stored and transported ...

Fluorination is common in drug design and may significantly enhance bioactivity, although the underlying mechanism is not elucidated. We noticed a coexisting interaction pattern, viz., F···H and F···O ...

DNA oligomers can form silver-mediated duplexes, stable in gas phase and solution, with potential for novel biomedical and technological applications. The nucleobase-metal bond primarily drives duplex ...

… This is the first report on the electrical characterization of DNA with intrabond resolution. Specifically, it quantifies electrical forces due to a single hydrogen bond in DNA and provides proof of ...