Despite being made from a relatively simple set of building blocks, ribonucleic acid (RNA) has a broad array of complex ...

What makes every person unique? Part of the answer is in our genes.

Previous researches on DNA included topics of bases, base-pairing, hydrogen bonds, structure, base sequence, dynamics, ...

Dentatorubral-pallidoluysian atrophy (DRPLA) is a rare, progressive neurological disorder that may cause involuntary movements, cognitive difficulties, emotional and mental health issues, and seizures ...

Could a natural check on cancer be used to stop the disease? It's possible, but to leverage a system that nature designed, we must first understand it. Researchers led by a team at Purdue University ...

Every new life begins after a genetic shuffle. When organisms make eggs or sperm, maternal and paternal chromosomes pair up ...

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research have mapped the molecular landscape of the mouse hippocampus, a ...

GFP knockin mouse tissue and ultra-fresh synaptonerosomes indicate that the postsynaptic density is a not a conserved feature of glutamatergic synapses in the mouse brain.

These chains come in a wide range of lengths. In humans a typical protein is about 400 amino acids long; some are a lot longer. Molecules of RNA, one of the two nucleic acids, can reach up to 100,000 ...

How does our nose work? Have you wondered how we can detect so many different types of odors? There is chemistry behind food smells. In this activity, we will explore how small changes in chemical ...