His decoding of the blueprint for life with Francis H.C. Crick made him one of the most important scientists of the 20th ...

DNA isn't just a long string of genetic code, but an intricate 3D structure folded inside each cell. That means the tools ...

Glycans are important complex carbohydrates found on cell surfaces that serve crucial roles in cell-to-cell communication, structure, and protection. They are attached to many proteins in the body, ...

Inside every cell, a finely tuned metabolic network determines when to build, recycle, or stop producing essential molecules.

Researchers at Northwestern University have developed a new class of drugs, using spherical nucleic acid, to deliver ...

A hidden structure inside the cell is rewriting how scientists understand leukemia. Beneath the microscope, what looked like ...

Scientists from Oxford's Radcliffe Department of Medicine have achieved the most detailed view yet of how DNA folds and ...

MIT researchers discovered that the genome’s 3D structure doesn’t vanish during cell division as previously thought. Instead, ...

James Watson, who has died aged 97, was the 25-year-old American biologist who in 1953, with Francis Crick, revealed the ...

When exposed to cold, the human body quickly switches into survival mode. It prioritizes heat retention and protecting vital ...

Around the globe, heart disease remains one of the top causes of death. Once patients begin to suffer from serious heart ...

James Watson, who co-discovered the structure of DNA has died at age 97. He was a scientific superstar until he made racist ...