MIT researchers discovered that the genome’s 3D structure doesn’t vanish during cell division as previously thought. Instead, ...
Led by biomedical engineer Vadim Backman, the study reveals that DNA’s 3D physical structure holds a “geometric code” — a system that allows cells to compute, remember and adapt.
By restructuring a common chemotherapy drug, scientists increased its potency by 20,000 times. In a significant step forward ...
What happens when you squeeze DNA? Can pressure reveal something about how our genetic material is packed, protected, and ...
Cells contain a blueprint in the form of DNA that dictates what they can make. This blueprint is converted into a message ...
They observe how the mobile DNA LINE-1 copies its sequence in human cells, revealing the precise mechanism of the ORF2p gene.
The first crystal structure of an alternative DNA shape from the insulin gene has been revealed. The first crystal structure of an alternative DNA shape from the insulin gene has been revealed by a ...
Researchers used cryo-EM to study how the HIV enzyme integrase arranges in 3D to slip its DNA into the host genome and pack ...