Living with the fallout of Chernobyl 40 years later: Children of workers at the nuclear power plant have mutations in their DNA, study reveals

Researchers from the University of Bonn have shown that children of cleanup workers at the power plant have an increased ...

Children of Chernobyl workers have mutations in their DNA, study reveals

Researchers from the University of Bonn have shown that children of cleanup workers at the power plant have an increased number of mutations in their DNA.

RNA is key to the dark matter of the genome. Scientists are sequencing it to illuminate human health and disease

Although there are striking differences between the cells that make up your eyes, kidneys, brain and toes, the DNA blueprint ...

Storing the Internet in DNA? Scientists Say It’s Closer Than You Think

Scientists are exploring how DNA’s physical structure can store vast amounts of data and encode secure information.

A DNA 'on-off' switch? Light and redox cues reversibly link strands for nanotech

DNA, the blueprint of life, is best known for its fundamental role as genetic material—storing and transmitting biological information through the precise sequence of its bases. For decades, this ...
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RNA strand that can almost self-replicate may be key to life's origins

Life may have begun when RNA molecules began to replicate themselves, and now we’ve finally found an RNA molecule that is very close to being able to do this ...

Men lose their Y chromosome as they age: Scientists thought it didn't matter—but now we're learning more

Men tend to lose the Y chromosome from their cells as they age. But because the Y bears few genes other than for male determination, it was thought this loss would not affect health. But evidence has ...