A cancer drug target already being investigated in clinical trials turns out to be doing something even more consequential than researchers realized. Scientists at Scripps Research have discovered ...

Illustration of fork-MMEJ and BIR pathways in repairing single-ended DNA double-stranded breaks at broken replication forks, highlighting ATR-mediated regulation of the transition between these two ...

The world of science has been stuck in an existential crisis over whether we actually know the things we thought we knew. Re-running an old study today doesn't always yield the same result. Same with ...

An optical illusion is dividing the internet over whether the picture is of pink slime or three forks laid out on a hot pink dish towel — and it’s making people’s brains hurt. Deemed as the “black and ...

FARGO — The boyfriend of a West Fargo woman who went missing in early January was formally charged with her killing in Cass County Court on Thursday afternoon, Feb. 12. Court documents in the case ...

In 1869, Swiss scientist Friedrich Miescher isolated a mysterious substance from cell nuclei—an overlooked finding that would later reshape biology and our understanding of life itself. A ...

Every time a cell divides, it must copy its entire genome so that each daughter cell inherits a complete set of DNA. During that process, enzymes known as polymerases race along the DNA to copy its ...

Attorneys for Matthew Nilo, a New Jersey lawyer prosecutors say they linked to a series of rapes in the North End and Charlestown in the mid-2000s, are asking a judge to suppress key DNA evidence. The ...

After decades of silence, advancements in DNA technology are bringing long-awaited answers for cold cases in the Upper Midwest Retired Winona County Sheriff Dave Brand speaks after a press conference ...

Researchers have discovered how cells activate a last-resort DNA repair system when severe damage strikes. When genetic tangles overwhelm normal repair pathways, cells flip on a fast but error-prone ...