For the first time, scientists have witnessed the very moment DNA begins to unravel, revealing a necessary molecular event for DNA to be the molecule that codes all life. A new study from King ...

UCLA Health researchers say study findings uncover Huntington's disease mechanisms and pave new ways to develop treatments.

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Scientists at the University of Leicester have captured the first detailed "molecular movie" showing DNA being unzipped at the atomic level – revealing how cells begin the crucial process of copying ...

Among the many marvels of life is the cell's ability to divide and thus enable organisms to grow and renew themselves.

The study, which was a collaboration with Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University, focused on the enzyme OGG1, a protein that repairs damage to the cell's DNA. The researchers were ...

In 2006, Rothemund published the first paper on DNA origami, a technique that provides simple yet exquisite control over the design of molecular structures at the nanoscale using nothing more than ...

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DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid ... three-dimensional structures remains very challenging. Here, the authors design and synthesize dinucleotides containing 2′,3′-trans-bridged nucleic acids ...

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DNA methylation is the covalent addition of methyl groups to DNA bases, typically the cytosine of CpG dinucleotides. It is catalyzed by methyltransferase enzymes using a S-adenosyl methionine ...