During sepsis, cell-free DNA concentration spikes in the bloodstream. Information embedded in this DNA can help reveal sepsis ...

The animated Google Doodle dives into DNA, the foundation of biology, which carries genetic instructions for all living organisms.

Scientists from Oxford's Radcliffe Department of Medicine have achieved the most detailed view yet of how DNA folds and ...

Reporting in Nature, scientists have identified a novel process that protects the ends of chromosomes from incorrectly applied DNA repair. Although DNA repair is a crucial mechanism that can protect a ...

People looking to lose weight and lower their blood sugar may someday be able to get a single injection that turns their cells into tiny factories that churn out a protein that is essentially the ...

Scientist James Watson, who shared a Nobel prize for helping discover the double-helix shape of the DNA molecule, has died ...