UT researchers have created an alternative to Edman degradation for protein sequencing using bases instead of acid ...

Certain DNA sequences can form structures other than the canonical double helix. These alternative DNA conformations—referred ...

Ingrida Domarkienė, a geneticist at Vilnius University in Lithuania, discusses the exciting developments made possible by studying ancient and modern DNA.

Recent discoveries provide new insights into why Neanderthals became extinct around 40,000 years ago. Specifically, a study ...

Biologists have discovered that disruptions in transfer RNA function can lead to the development of cleft lip and cleft palate.

Researchers have uncovered the 3D structure of RBP3, a key protein in vision, revealing how it transports retinoids and fatty ...

Cleft lip and cleft palate are among the most common birth defects, occurring in about one in 1,050 births in the United States.

Cleft lip and cleft palate are among the most common birth defects, occurring in about one in 1,050 births in the United ...

A major new study has revealed that the genes we inherit at birth play a much larger role in cancer than previously ...

Every time a cell divides to produce two new daughter cells., the genome must be replicated and evenly divided between those ...

Proteins are fundamental biomolecules that perform a broad range of vital functions within the human body. They serve as an essential structural and functional component of cells, tissues and organs ...

The map details the form, function and activity of 84,000 neurons ... Molecular biologist Francis Crick, who won the Nobel ...