DNA
Palaeontologist Dr Gareth Dyke writes for The Conversation about the scientific debate around the new Jurassic World film
Scientists around the world are using the programmability of DNA to assemble complex nanometer-scale structures. Until now, however, production of these artificial structures has been limited to water-based environments, because DNA naturally functions inside the watery environment of living cells.
McGill University researchers devise new technique to produce long, custom-designed DNA strands.
Conventional silicon-based computing, which has advanced by leaps and bounds in recent decades, is pushing against its practical limits.
Researchers at the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute of Virginia Tech have discovered new possibilities for detecting ovarian cancer using microsatellite variations.
The new experimental assay can help scientists find the precise locations of repair of DNA damage caused by UV radiation and common chemotherapies. The invention could lead to better cancer drugs or improvements in the potency of existing ones.
Salk Institute findings on premature aging syndrome could lead to way of slowing or reversing aging process.
DNA regulatory tags must be cut out and replaced to allow neurons to function.
An international team of researchers has sequenced the nearly complete genome of two Siberian woolly mammoths—revealing the most complete picture to date—including new information about the species’ evolutionary history and the conditions that led to its mass extinction at the end of the Ice Age.
