Life's instructions are written in DNA, but it is the enzyme RNA polymerase II (Pol II) that reads the script, transcribing ...

Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have shown that DNA inflexibility, or rigidity, inside the ...

Ancient genetic data from central Argentina reveal a previously unknown human population that endured there for millennia.

Scientists discovered 11 DNA locations linked to impatience and hundreds of health conditions like addiction and chronic pain ...

Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have shown that DNA inflexibility, or rigidity, inside the ...

Today’s wolves and dogs share a common ancestor. But a deeper look at their genes reveals that interbreeding since dogs were domesticated 20,000 years ago hasn’t been as rare as scientists assumed.

A new study by researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison provides the first empirical evidence connecting the ...

RNA usually breaks down quickly, often within hours after death. Before this study, the oldest recovered RNA came from a ...

Thanks to a comprehensive DNA analysis, previously hidden aspects of Adolf Hitler’s private life and personality have come to ...

The pursuit of wellness has often taken a piecemeal approach. Perhaps a more productive and efficient strategy would be to ...

Scientists have uncovered an unexpected function for a crucial protein involved in cell division. Reported in two consecutive ...

Researchers say they have recovered RNA from the remains of a woolly mammoth that lived roughly 39,000 years ago.