Maynooth University has been awarded €4m in EU funding for the development of a DNA-based computing and information storage system. The team is led by computer scientist Professor Damien Woods and the ...

Structure Maintenance of Chromosome (SMC) complexes are central to chromosome segregation, compaction and DNA repair, thereby impacting on gene expression and regulation. SMC family members that ...

New research from a team of genome scientists and DNA damage response experts breaks new ground in understanding the function of a protein currently limited in clinical trials for cancer treatments.

A large number of DNA bricks can produce three-dimensional shapes, such as a cuboid that is depicted by a DNA brick model and a DNA strand model. Each brick carries a unique sequence that directs it ...

As illustrated with OnScreen Gene Transcription in our May 1 column, OnScreen Science now has a few very nice iPad apps to teach students about DNA and RNA. The OnScreen DNA Model app was the original ...

DNA repair mechanisms are crucial for the survival and growth of cells. Through a comprehensive analysis, a research team at ETH Zurich has identified numerous redundancies between the genes involved ...

Editor's Note: This is an excerpt from WBUR's weekly health newsletter, CommonHealth. If you like what you read and want it in your inbox, sign up here. Imagine unraveling your DNA into one long ...