Investigators have turned to genetic genealogy in a bid to track down a suspect in the disappearance of 84-year-old Nancy ...

Not all DNA looks like the familiar double helix. Sometimes, parts of our genetic code fold into unusual shapes under certain conditions. One such structure known as a G-quadruplex (G4) looks like a ...

Scientists have identified how specific genetic changes function in cells to influence disease risk and other human health ...

A team led by Professor Shoichiro Asayama at Tokyo Metropolitan University has synthesized a charge-free molecule designed to sneak plasmid DNA into living cells via hydrogen bonding, dramatically ...

Our DNA is arranged into chromosomes that carry a kind of protective shield at their ends, called telomeres. These protective caps are crucial to the stability of chromosomes, and when telomeres ...

Somewhere in a plastics factory, a woman coughed, setting off a chain of events that has led to questions about DNA evidence in three local crime cases. Evidence analysts at the Tucson Police ...

Neural networks are computing systems designed to mimic both the structure and function of the human brain. Caltech researchers have been developing a neural network made out of strands of DNA instead ...

Scientists are exploring how DNA’s physical structure can store vast amounts of data and encode secure information.