Could yeast and humans be any more different? Going by looks alone, probably not. But peering into our genomes reveals ...

An international research team has determined the first high-resolution structures of the herpes simplex virus origin-binding ...

Long interspersed nuclear element-1 (LINE-1 or L1) is the only active, self-copying genetic element in the human ...

Plasmids, small circular DNA molecules found in bacteria, may contain antibiotic-resistance genes and have the ability to replicate independently. Bacteria can transfer these plasmids to one another, ...

Humans and baker's yeast have more in common than meets the eye, including an important mechanism that helps ensure DNA is copied correctly, reports a pair of studies. The findings visualize for the ...

The rate of HIV infection continues to climb globally. Around 40 million people live with HIV-1, the most common HIV strain.

The results of this collaborative project overturn some conventional wisdom about how the DNA repair process works. DNA is often likened to a blueprint. The particular sequence of As, Cs, Gs, and Ts ...

Long Interspersed Nuclear Element-1 (LINE-1 or L1) is the only active, self-copying genetic element in the human ...

Breakthrough cryo-EM structures expose multiple drug targets in an essential HSV-1 replication protein.An international ...

Companies that make DNA for science labs screen out any requests for dangerous bits of genetic material. But a new study ...