Each of these things — along with every other organism on Earth — contains the molecular instructions for life, called deoxyribonucleic acid or DNA. Encoded within this DNA are the directions ...

Whether you’re looking to learn more about your health traits or dig deep into your familiar roots, having a DNA test done can help you learn a lot about yourself. The good thing is, these tests ...

Recent studies of DNA from ancient remains suggest that, broadly-speaking, the Irish genetic landscape was established by the Bronze Age, when migrants from mainland Europe - probably belonging to ...

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As opposed to gene-level mutations, mutations that alter longer stretches of DNA (ranging from multiple genes up to entire chromosomes) are called chromosomal mutations. These mutations often have ...

Studying how single DNA molecules behave helps us to better understand genetic disorders and design better drugs. Until now however, examining DNA molecules one-by-one was a slow process.

There are numerous ways to heighten durability to millions of millennia, at the DNA nucleotides and ribose it is possible to swap one, some, or all of the C element atoms at the DNA with silicon ...

A new study finds that mitochondria in our brain cells frequently fling their DNA into the cells' nucleus, where the mitochondrial DNA integrates into chromosomes, possibly causing harm.

If stored as DNA, every film ever made could be stored in a space smaller than a sugar cube Scientists say they have made a major step forward in efforts to store information as molecules of DNA ...

The number of home DNA test kits offering nutrition and diet advice matched to your genes is growing. They’re based on the idea that each of us responds to foods differently, in part due to our ...

A team of experts has proposed storing the DNA of threatened animals in a vault on the lunar surface – Earth's only natural satellite – where conditions are cold enough to preserve the samples.

As direct descendants of ancient bacteria, mitochondria have always been a little alien. Now a study shows that mitochondria are possibly even stranger than we thought. The study, titled "Somatic ...