Researchers filmed the enzyme APE1 hunting DNA damage one molecule at a time. Its shapeless tail turned out to do the finding ...

A molecular illustration of the crowded interior and cell envelope of Escherichia coli. (David S. Goodsell, The Scripps ...

Researchers have used AI to uncover the DNA signature of a key genetic “switch” involved in turning genes on. After analyzing ...

Precise activation of tens of thousands of genes is critical for healthy development and growth. Specialized segments of our DNA are responsible for carefully orchestrating genetic sequences that ...

Scientists have revealed the DNA sequence code of the “initiator,” a crucial sequence that kick-starts gene activation. A ...

Scientists Rob Fleischer and Michael Campana of the Smithsonian Institution unlock the ‘ancient DNA’ of the extinct Lānaʻi ...

Nearly every cell in the human body contains essentially the same genetic information, yet different cells activate different ...

In our cells, countless RNA polymerase (RNAP) enzymes zip along our DNA, rotating and twirling in an elaborate molecular ...

Every cell in the body contains essentially the same DNA, yet a brain cell behaves differently from a muscle cell or an ...

Alvin Wang Graylin is a Digital Fellow at Stanford’s Human-Centered AI Institute, Senior Fellow at the Asia Society Policy Institute Center for China Analysis, Professor of AI and Technology Policy at ...