Ultraviolet light endangers the integrity of human genetic information and may cause skin cancer. For the first time, researchers have demonstrated that DNA damage may also occur far away from the point of incidence of the radiation. They produced an artificially modeled DNA sequence in new architecture and detected DNA damage at a distance of 30 DNA building blocks.
The survivor of one of the first widely covered cases of internet-related child abduction is speaking out about her experience in the hope of promoting child safety online.
Elizabeth Smart is still figuring out how to tell her children about her harrowing past.
The 33-year-old author and activist recently expanded her résumé in a surprising way,...
A team of scientists from the United Kingdom and Spain has demonstrated that a technique called fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy in conjunction with a fluorescent probe can identify four-stranded ‘quadruple helix’ DNA structures within nuclei of live cells. Guanine-rich sequences of DNA can fold into tetra-stranded helical assemblies known as G-quadruplexes. These structures are implicated [...]
Rebel Wilson, the next Jane Bond?
That's what you might think after hearing this unexpected story from the actress. In an upcoming episode of Sky's Straight Talking, to air on...
Researchers have found a simple way to eliminate almost all sequencing errors produced by a widely used portable DNA sequencer (Oxford Nanopore Technologies' MinION device).