Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Double-strand breaks in DNA can be deadly. Victor Golmer/iStock via Getty Images Plus Your DNA is continually damaged by sources ...

New research reveals that sunburn may be caused by RNA damage, not DNA, challenging long-held beliefs about UV exposure.

In everyday life, our genetic material is constantly under attack from many factors. Environmental influences such as light, ...

A principle of DNA synthesis that has dominated biology textbooks for decades could be upended. An enzyme has been discovered ...

Northwestern Medicine scientists have uncovered an unexpected role for a well-known cancer-related protein, revealing a new ...

Researchers developed STRIPE, a targeted long-read RNA sequencing tool that identifies disease-causing variants missed by ...

Although the genetic material of most living organisms is DNA, various self-replicating agents rely instead on RNA, including ...

Chandigarh: Experts at the PGI human brain bank have started extracting DNA from preserved brain tissue. The purpose is to ...

A new method developed at Baylor College of Medicine and collaborating institutions allows researchers to better understand ...

Scientists are consistently one-upping each other when it comes to finding the oldest molecules from fossils. The race even includes the notoriously fragile RNA. “It’s groundbreaking,” said Oliver ...