The human body contains about 100 trillion cells ... We've now zoomed in enough to see portions of the DNA strand. The DNA is wrapped around histones -- protein structures that are sometimes ...

Inside a cell is a long strand of the chemical DNA (deoxyribonucleic ... and in studies pertaining to human dispersion.While most aspects of DNA are identical in samples from all human beings ...

They are formed in a woman's body before birth and have to be on standby for decades to possibly be fertilized one day. But ...

Sunburns and aging skin are obvious effects of exposure to harmful UV rays, tobacco smoke and other carcinogens. But the effects aren't just skin deep. Inside the body, DNA is literally being torn ...

To accomplish this, each strand of existing DNA acts as a template ... In comparison, eukaryotic human DNA replicates at a rate of 50 nucleotides per second. In both cases, replication occurs ...

But the human genome also contains more than 50,000 ... They form when stretches of cytosine letters on the same DNA strand pair with each other, creating a four-stranded, twisted structure ...

Our DNA is constantly under threat — from cell division errors to external factors like sunlight and smoking. Fortunately, ...

In a study published in Nature, researchers report the successful in vitro reconstitution of meiotic DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) formation. Meiosis, a specialized form of cell division in most ...

A new structural blueprint paves the way for improved targeting of cancer cells, particularly those with BRCA1 and BRCA2 ...