RNA can fold into more complex configurations than scientists thought, raising questions about how important these 3D ...

RNA can fold into more complex configurations than scientists thought, raising questions about how important these 3D ...

In most modern cells, DNA stores the genetic blueprint, and relies on proteins to replicate, repair and build from those ...

For decades, the central dogma of molecular biology—DNA makes RNA, RNA makes protein, protein makes phenotype—was the guiding framework for understanding inheritance and disease. This model explained ...

In most modern cells, DNA stores the genetic blueprint, and proteins replicate, repair and build from those blueprints. At ...

We’re celebrating 180 years of Scientific American. Explore our legacy of discovery and look ahead to the future. In 1957, just four years after Francis Crick and other scientists solved the riddle of ...

RNA has emerged as one of the most promising molecules in modern medicine, enabling advances from mRNA vaccines and gene ...

Your DNA is continually damaged by sources both inside and outside your body. One especially severe form of damage called a double-strand break involves the severing of both strands of the DNA double ...