When environmental stress harms DNA, it can set off a cascade of failures linked to heart conditions, neurodegeneration, and ...

Your DNA is continually damaged by sources both inside and outside your body. One especially severe form of damage called a double-strand break involves the severing of both strands of the DNA double ...

How does a cell know when it’s been damaged? A molecular alarm, set off by mutated RNA and colliding ribosomes, signals ...

New study reveals how a DNA regulatory switch controls stem cell function, enabling the production of blood cells and ...

In living organisms today, complex molecules like RNA and DNA are constructed with the help of enzymes. So how did these ...

These edits modify RNA, the molecule used to translate information from the genetic blueprint stored in DNA, while leaving the DNA unaltered. Scientists don’t yet know for sure why octopuses ...