The researchers took a “safety-first” approach. They deliberately excluded all viruses that infect humans or animals from the ...

BPA-free” food packaging may be hiding new risks. A McGill University study found that several BPA substitutes used in ...

Structures long blamed for blocking genes actually help them turn on, according to the Cornell Chronicle. Cornell scientists found that nucleosomes — the spools that package DNA — relieve twisting ...

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“The laws of inheritance are quite unknown,” Charles Darwin acknowledged in 1859. The discovery of DNA’s shape altered how we conceived of life itself. The X-ray crystallography by Rosalind Franklin ...

Our experiences leave traces in the brain, stored in small groups of cells called engrams. Engrams are thought to hold the information of a memory and are reactivated when we remember, which makes ...

In the summer of 2024, cardboard shipping boxes containing 30 live African clawed frogs packed in damp wood shavings arrived at Fred Hutch Cancer Center. The amphibians were delivered to the new frog ...

Peer ReviewDownload a summary of the editorial decision process including editorial decision letters, reviewer comments and author responses to feedback. Adenoviruses are human pathogens that more ...

HINXTON, England — At first glance, the news sounds reassuring: sperm cells accumulate genetic mutations eight times slower than blood cells, making them among the most protected cells in the male ...