Within the complex hierarchy of marine ecosystems, giant viruses are now being recognized as novel drivers of both ecological ...

A £10 million Wellcome Trust-funded project seeks to create artificial human genomes. Technology Networks explored the ...

University of Cincinnati Cancer Center researchers looked billions of years into the past to learn more about the potential ...

It has genes for ribosomes, tRNAs, and mRNAs. These components are the scaffolding of life: the tools by which cells read ...

Researchers have removed mitochondria from cells to better study their functions in regulating cell death, differentiation ...

By using a genetic technique developed at UT Southwestern Medical Center that forces cells to rid themselves of mitochondria, ...

Because they rely on hosts for a majority of functions, viruses aren’t considered alive. But entities like ‘Sukunaarchaeum ...

By reconstituting eukaryotic DNA replication in vitro, this study addresses the effects of physiological quadruplex secondary structures on genome stability. G‐quadruplexes (G4s) and intercalated ...

In the vast and often unseen world of microscopic life, a recent discovery may force scientists to rethink what it means to ...

Principles and patterns of nucleosome positioning have emerged through recent advances in genome-wide mapping technologies. These patterns have improved understanding of how DNA sequence and ...