In a first, scientists have extracted DNA from a Renaissance-era drawing attributed to Leonardo da Vinci, but they can't be ...

Across all domains of life, immune defenses foil invading viruses by making it impossible for the viruses to replicate. Most known CRISPR systems target invading pathogens' DNA and chop it up to ...

Scientists have uncovered genetic evidence that they say may be linked to the Renaissance master, but some experts are more ...

For more than a century, scientists have wondered why physical structures like blood vessels, neurons, tree branches, and ...

This is a summary of: Liu. H. et al. Viral RNA blocks circularization to evade host codon usage control. Nature https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09809-y (2025).

An analysis of genetic data from over 900,000 people shows that certain stretches of DNA, made up of short sequences repeated ...

Researchers have reconstructed ancient herpesvirus genomes from Iron Age and medieval Europeans, revealing that HHV-6 has ...

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird is asking lawmakers to pass "Katie's Law" to require DNA be collected after certain arrests ...