A preprint study analyzing genetic material recovered from the Shroud of Turin suggests that some human mitochondrial DNA ...

A new analysis of ancient mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from Neanderthal fossils suggests researchers may need to revisit when ...

The DNA packed inside every human cell contains instructions for life, written in billions of letters of genetic code. Every time a cell divides, the complete code, divided among 46 chromosomes, must ...

Researchers at the University of Minnesota Medical School have developed a new method called PARTAGE that provides a clearer picture of how the genome is regulated and disrupted in diseases like ...

Discovery reshapes understanding of how tumor cells repair broken DNA, pointing toward more precise cancer therapies.

A cancer drug target already being investigated in clinical trials turns out to be doing something even more consequential ...

Researchers discovered a kinase-driven phosphorylation switch that activates DNA packaging machinery, aligning nucleosomes at ...