To our immune system, a potentially lifesaving gene therapy can look a lot like a dangerous infection. That's because most genetic medicine uses viruses or double-stranded DNA to deliver genetic ...

Artificial intelligence has just redrawn the map of our genome’s control room, revealing hundreds of thousands of tiny DNA ...

Running out of space on your phone? Don't upgrade your cloud-storage subscription just yet. Scientists in China have discovered that images, text files and other digital data can be stored in strands ...

Research reveals that five DNA letters can switch chromatin between fluid and solid-like states, influencing gene ...

After 10 years, members of the 4D Nucleome consortium have successfully completed the first phase of a project that aims to ...

Similarly to the artistic technique of folding paper into ornate shapes, DNA origami is a self-assembling technique of precisely folding single-stranded DNA scaffolds into well-defined nanostructures.

Researchers have discovered how cells activate a last-resort DNA repair system when severe damage strikes. When genetic ...

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DNA origami cages constrain individual proteins toward preferred orientations on electrodes, dramatically improving ...