When DNA breaks, cells must repair it accurately to prevent harmful mutations. Researchers have discovered that during a key ...

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Inside human cells, biology has pulled off the ultimate packing job, figuring out how to fit six feet of DNA into a nucleus ...

I enjoyed reading the C&EN cover story “Expanding the Histone Code” (June 6, 2022, page 22). I fully agree with the overall characterization of the importance of locating new chemical modifications on ...

In 1963, Popular Science reported on the Nobel Prize-winning discovery, and the woman who was left out of the accolades. By Bill Gourgey Published May 31, 2022 7:00 AM EDT Get the Popular Science ...

James D. Watson, whose co-discovery of the twisted-ladder structure of DNA in 1953 helped light the long fuse on a revolution in medicine, crimefighting, genealogy and ethics, has died, according to ...