The human genome consists of 3 billion base pairs, and when a cell divides, it takes about seven hours to complete making a ...

DNA holds the instructions that make us who we are. If we want to read those instructions, say to understand our ...

During DNA replication, the classic double helix can temporarily rearrange into an alternative structure known as a DNA three ...

Double-strand breaks are among the most difficult forms of DNA damage for cells to repair because they disrupt the continuity of DNA and leave no intact template to base new strands on.

By creating a more true-to-life representation of DNA's environment, researchers at Northwestern University have discovered that strand separation - the essential process a "resting" double helix ...

Since the description of the DNA double helix, it is known that DNA has two complementary strands running in opposite directions -- one from 5' to 3'; the other from 3' to 5'.

The momentous discovery of the DNA double helix in 1953 more or less ushered in a new era in science that culminated in the Human Genome Project, completed in 2003, which decoded all of our DNA ...