By creating a more true-to-life representation of DNA's environment, researchers at Northwestern University have discovered ...

One especially severe form of damage called a double-strand break involves the severing of both strands of the DNA double helix. Double-strand breaks are among the most difficult forms of DNA damage ...

A still image from a three-dimensional video rendering shows a key protein involved in DNA repair in many organisms. Here, ...

NEW YORK — The discovery of DNA’s double helix structure 70 years ago opened up a world of new science — and also sparked disputes over who contributed what and who deserves credit. Much of ...

Reconstructing accurately how the parts of a complex molecular are held together knowing only how the molecule distorts and breaks up. This was the challenge taken on by a research team led by SISSA’s ...

The most famous image to emerge from 20th-century biology is the deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) double helix, illustrating the structure of the gene, life’s genetic material.

To celebrate DNA, GEN is highlighting this conversation with biologist and author Matthew Cobb, who reflected on the double helix's platinum anniversary April 24, 2023 ...

For DNA to be copied, the DNA double helix must open up, and the resulting single strands—each of which serves as a template for building a new, second strand—are vulnerable to breakage.

Hi, it’s Tim in Munich. I thought I knew a lot about DNA and the double helix but I had no idea that one scientist involved may have been robbed of her rightful place in history. But first ...