Researchers have reconstructed transcription in human mitochondria in unprecedented detail, revealing potential drug targets ...

Aging, neurological diseases and our bodies' stress response are all linked to the tiny power plants inside each cell known ...

The DNA of nearly all life on Earth contains many redundancies, and scientists have long wondered whether these redundancies served a purpose or if they were just leftovers from evolutionary processes ...

Researchers at the Max Delbrück Center have developed a new method to discover how DNA controls genes. Their technique, ...

For decades, scientists thought the noncoding parts of DNA were useless leftovers. Today, that view has completely changed.

Researchers developed TESLA-seq, a CRISPR-based method to map DNA regions that regulate genes. By scanning thousands of ...

An illustration of E. coli. Scientists have been racing to shrink the genetic code of this bacterium. Kateryna Kon / Science Photo Library via Getty Images The DNA of nearly all life on Earth is made ...