The study, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, deepens ...

A study at Texas A&M University suggests that thymine may have helped early genetic molecules survive by directing that damage into a form that was easier to reverse. The findings, published in ...

Researchers have used AI to uncover the DNA signature of a key genetic “switch” involved in turning genes on. After analyzing about 500,000 DNA sequences, the model identified the initiator in roughly ...

Every time a cell divides, it must accurately copy its entire genetic instruction manual. Before this process can begin, cells load their DNA-copying motor—a complex of six subunits known as the ...

Structural view of the MCM2-7 helicase with Sld3, Sld7 and Cdc45 bound at the site where Cdc45 is delivered. Structure derived from cryogenic electron microscopy data. Noguchi et al., 2026.

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Researchers at the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences, in partnership with other institutions, have pinpointed the exact location where DNA begins to unwind as cells initiate the duplication of their ...

The redesigned site was built around one insight: working parents are searching for daycare and preschool on their phones whenever they have time, whether that is between meetings or during school ...

Cells have evolved careful checks to ensure DNA is copied only once, but how they switch on replication at the right moment has been the focus of a 30-year research question. New work from the Crick ...

Fayetteville Academy is searching for a new head basketball coach. Wayne Walcott, who was at the helm for the last two seasons on Cliffdale Road, is stepping down, he announced on Wednesday morning on ...

It’s tricky to make an exact copy of yourself. Or at least it is for cells undergoing mitosis, where cells replicate everything inside of them, including their neatly packaged DNA, then split in half.