A research team has identified a new mechanism that controls DNA’s ability to replicate—and thereby a cell’s ability to divide.

Every time a cell divides, it must copy its entire genome so that each daughter cell inherits a complete set of DNA. During ...

DeepMind’s AlphaGenome AI model could help solve the problem of predicting how variations in noncoding DNA shape gene ...

For almost 60 years, scientists have tried to understand why DNA doesn't replicate wildly and uncontrollably every time a cell divides – which they ...

For almost 60 years, scientists have tried to understand why DNA doesn't replicate wildly and uncontrollably every time a ...

The two biology professors are the second and third faculty members known to face FBI searches in 2025. Last March, the FBI ...

In a way, sequencing DNA is very simple: There's a molecule, you look at it, and you write down what you find. You'd think it would be easy—and, for any one letter in the sequence, it is. The problem ...

Welcome back to a new semester of Dissertation Diaries. As a reminder, this is the series where we highlight Ph.D. students ...

The human genome has to be carefully organized so it will fit inside of the nuclei of cells, while also remaining accessible ...

A couple who grew up around dogs adopted a "Labrador retriever mix" as their first pup, thinking it was going to be their best choice; however, his behavior didn’t quite match their expectations—and ...