Researchers have found that the way DNA is packaged in cells can directly impact how fast DNA itself is copied during cell division. They discovered that DNA packaging sends signals through an unusual ...

The applications of DNA testing, or DNA fingerprinting within forensic science is often what most people think of when they hear the phrase. Popularized by television and cinema, using DNA to ...

Present in nearly every living cell, DNA molecules are among the largest molecules known to science. DNA is a linear ...

The treatment has been making headlines of late, not least because of the attention-grabbing science behind them. Polynucleotides (which are quite literally multiple chains of nucleotides, the ...

In 1992 the National Research Council issued DNA Technology in Forensic Science, a book that documented the state of the art in this emerging field. Recently, this volume was brought to worldwide ...

The scientists hope to use the new perspective to better gauge "novel mechanical, electrical, or optical properties" of the ...

Notably, though, the study comes with caveats, and forensic scientists are already aware of the limitations of this test, experts told Live Science. The new research focuses on "DNA mixture ...

For almost a century, Science News journalists have covered advances ... and the revolution of genetic engineering from the discovery of DNA to today’s gene-editing technology.

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Researchers from the Mattiroli group have found that the way DNA is packaged in cells can directly impact how fast DNA itself ...

Present in nearly every living cell, DNA molecules are among the largest molecules known to science. DNA is a linear ...